grailler

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.je/ ~ /ɡʁɑ.je/

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Verb

grailler

1. (transitive, intransitive, informal) to nosh (eat)
2. (intransitive) to blow the horn while hunting
3. (intransitive) to screech (of a raven or crow)
4. (intransitive) to charge a gun with ammunition

Conjugation

Conjugation of grailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	grailler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	graillant /ɡʁa.jɑ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		graillé /ɡʁa.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	graille /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/	grailles /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/	graille /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/	graillons /ɡʁa.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɔ̃/	graillez /ɡʁa.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.je/	graillent /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/
	imperfect	graillais /ɡʁa.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɛ/	graillais /ɡʁa.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɛ/	graillait /ɡʁa.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɛ/	graillions /ɡʁaj.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑj.jɔ̃/	grailliez /ɡʁaj.je/ or /ɡʁɑj.je/	graillaient /ɡʁa.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɛ/
	past historic2	graillai /ɡʁa.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.je/	graillas /ɡʁa.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.ja/	grailla /ɡʁa.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.ja/	graillâmes /ɡʁa.jam/ or /ɡʁɑ.jam/	graillâtes /ɡʁa.jat/ or /ɡʁɑ.jat/	graillèrent /ɡʁa.jɛʁ/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɛʁ/
	future	graillerai /ɡʁaj.ʁe/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁe/	grailleras /ɡʁaj.ʁa/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁa/	graillera /ɡʁaj.ʁa/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁa/	graillerons /ɡʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁɔ̃/	graillerez /ɡʁaj.ʁe/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁe/	grailleront /ɡʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	graillerais /ɡʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁɛ/	graillerais /ɡʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁɛ/	graillerait /ɡʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁɛ/	graillerions /ɡʁa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	grailleriez /ɡʁa.jə.ʁje/ or /ɡʁɑ.jə.ʁje/	grailleraient /ɡʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑj.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	graille /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/	grailles /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/	graille /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/	graillions /ɡʁaj.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑj.jɔ̃/	grailliez /ɡʁaj.je/ or /ɡʁɑj.je/	graillent /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/
	imperfect2	graillasse /ɡʁa.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.jas/	graillasses /ɡʁa.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.jas/	graillât /ɡʁa.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.ja/	graillassions /ɡʁa.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/	graillassiez /ɡʁa.ja.sje/ or /ɡʁɑ.ja.sje/	graillassent /ɡʁa.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	graille /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/	—	graillons /ɡʁa.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɔ̃/	graillez /ɡʁa.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.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).

Further reading

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