hurler

See also: Hurler

English

Etymology

hurl +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

hurler (plural hurlers)

1. Agent noun of hurl; someone who hurls or throws.
2. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
3. (hurling) Someone who participates in the sport of hurling.

Derived terms

• hurler on the ditch

Translations

one who hurls

• Romanian: aruncător (ro) m, aruncătoare (ro) f

pitcher — see pitcher

hurling player

• Irish: iománaí m, báireoir m

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French hurler, from Vulgar Latin ūrulāre, from Latin ululāre, from a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root. Doublet of hululer. The h- might be due to influence by Frankish *hūwilōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūwilōną; compare English howl.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /yʁ.le/

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Verb

hurler

1. to shout, to yell

   Synonym: crier

2. to howl

Conjugation

Conjugation of hurler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	hurler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	hurlant /yʁ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		hurlé /yʁ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	hurle /yʁl/	hurles /yʁl/	hurle /yʁl/	hurlons /yʁ.lɔ̃/	hurlez /yʁ.le/	hurlent /yʁl/
	imperfect	hurlais /yʁ.lɛ/	hurlais /yʁ.lɛ/	hurlait /yʁ.lɛ/	hurlions /yʁ.ljɔ̃/	hurliez /yʁ.lje/	hurlaient /yʁ.lɛ/
	past historic2	hurlai /yʁ.le/	hurlas /yʁ.la/	hurla /yʁ.la/	hurlâmes /yʁ.lam/	hurlâtes /yʁ.lat/	hurlèrent /yʁ.lɛʁ/
	future	hurlerai /yʁ.lə.ʁe/	hurleras /yʁ.lə.ʁa/	hurlera /yʁ.lə.ʁa/	hurlerons /yʁ.lə.ʁɔ̃/	hurlerez /yʁ.lə.ʁe/	hurleront /yʁ.lə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	hurlerais /yʁ.lə.ʁɛ/	hurlerais /yʁ.lə.ʁɛ/	hurlerait /yʁ.lə.ʁɛ/	hurlerions /yʁ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	hurleriez /yʁ.lə.ʁje/	hurleraient /yʁ.lə.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	hurle /yʁl/	hurles /yʁl/	hurle /yʁl/	hurlions /yʁ.ljɔ̃/	hurliez /yʁ.lje/	hurlent /yʁl/
	imperfect2	hurlasse /yʁ.las/	hurlasses /yʁ.las/	hurlât /yʁ.la/	hurlassions /yʁ.la.sjɔ̃/	hurlassiez /yʁ.la.sje/	hurlassent /yʁ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	hurle /yʁl/	—	hurlons /yʁ.lɔ̃/	hurlez /yʁ.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

• hurlement

Further reading

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