gouailler

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwa.je/

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Verb

gouailler

1. to mock, to jeer at

   Synonym: railler

Conjugation

Conjugation of gouailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gouailler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gouaillant /ɡwa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gouaillé /ɡwa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gouaille /ɡwaj/	gouailles /ɡwaj/	gouaille /ɡwaj/	gouaillons /ɡwa.jɔ̃/	gouaillez /ɡwa.je/	gouaillent /ɡwaj/
	imperfect	gouaillais /ɡwa.jɛ/	gouaillais /ɡwa.jɛ/	gouaillait /ɡwa.jɛ/	gouaillions /ɡwaj.jɔ̃/	gouailliez /ɡwaj.je/	gouaillaient /ɡwa.jɛ/
	past historic2	gouaillai /ɡwa.je/	gouaillas /ɡwa.ja/	gouailla /ɡwa.ja/	gouaillâmes /ɡwa.jam/	gouaillâtes /ɡwa.jat/	gouaillèrent /ɡwa.jɛʁ/
	future	gouaillerai /ɡwaj.ʁe/	gouailleras /ɡwaj.ʁa/	gouaillera /ɡwaj.ʁa/	gouaillerons /ɡwaj.ʁɔ̃/	gouaillerez /ɡwaj.ʁe/	gouailleront /ɡwaj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gouaillerais /ɡwaj.ʁɛ/	gouaillerais /ɡwaj.ʁɛ/	gouaillerait /ɡwaj.ʁɛ/	gouaillerions /ɡwa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	gouailleriez /ɡwa.jə.ʁje/	gouailleraient /ɡwaj.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	gouaille /ɡwaj/	gouailles /ɡwaj/	gouaille /ɡwaj/	gouaillions /ɡwaj.jɔ̃/	gouailliez /ɡwaj.je/	gouaillent /ɡwaj/
	imperfect2	gouaillasse /ɡwa.jas/	gouaillasses /ɡwa.jas/	gouaillât /ɡwa.ja/	gouaillassions /ɡwa.ja.sjɔ̃/	gouaillassiez /ɡwa.ja.sje/	gouaillassent /ɡwa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gouaille /ɡwaj/	—	gouaillons /ɡwa.jɔ̃/	gouaillez /ɡwa.je/	—
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).

Related terms

• gouailleur
• gouaillerie

Further reading

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