fuseler

French

Etymology

From Old French fusel (Modern French fuseau) + -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fyz.le/

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Verb

fuseler

1. to give the shape of a spindle

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of fuseler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fuseler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fuselant /fyz.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fuselé /fyz.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fuselle or fusèle /fy.zɛl/	fuselles or fusèles /fy.zɛl/	fuselle or fusèle /fy.zɛl/	fuselons /fyz.lɔ̃/	fuselez /fyz.le/	fusellent or fusèlent /fy.zɛl/
	imperfect	fuselais /fyz.lɛ/	fuselais /fyz.lɛ/	fuselait /fyz.lɛ/	fuselions /fy.zə.ljɔ̃/	fuseliez /fy.zə.lje/	fuselaient /fyz.lɛ/
	past historic2	fuselai /fyz.le/	fuselas /fyz.la/	fusela /fyz.la/	fuselâmes /fyz.lam/	fuselâtes /fyz.lat/	fuselèrent /fyz.lɛʁ/
	future	fusellerai or fusèlerai /fy.zɛl.ʁe/	fuselleras or fusèleras /fy.zɛl.ʁa/	fusellera or fusèlera /fy.zɛl.ʁa/	fusellerons or fusèlerons /fy.zɛl.ʁɔ̃/	fusellerez or fusèlerez /fy.zɛl.ʁe/	fuselleront or fusèleront /fy.zɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fusellerais or fusèlerais /fy.zɛl.ʁɛ/	fusellerais or fusèlerais /fy.zɛl.ʁɛ/	fusellerait or fusèlerait /fy.zɛl.ʁɛ/	fusellerions or fusèlerions /fy.zɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fy.ze.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	fuselleriez or fusèleriez /fy.zɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /fy.ze.lə.ʁje/	fuselleraient or fusèleraient /fy.zɛl.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	fuselle or fusèle /fy.zɛl/	fuselles or fusèles /fy.zɛl/	fuselle or fusèle /fy.zɛl/	fuselions /fy.zə.ljɔ̃/	fuseliez /fy.zə.lje/	fusellent or fusèlent /fy.zɛl/
	imperfect2	fuselasse /fyz.las/	fuselasses /fyz.las/	fuselât /fyz.la/	fuselassions /fyz.la.sjɔ̃/	fuselassiez /fyz.la.sje/	fuselassent /fyz.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fuselle or fusèle /fy.zɛl/	—	fuselons /fyz.lɔ̃/	fuselez /fyz.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• fuselage
• fuselé

Further reading

• “fuseler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.