miauler
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French, from Old French miauler, related to onomatopoeic miaou.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
miauler
- (intransitive) to meow, meowl, mew
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of miauler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | miauler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | miaulant /mjo.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | miaulé /mjo.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | miaule /mjol/ |
miaules /mjol/ |
miaule /mjol/ |
miaulons /mjo.lɔ̃/ |
miaulez /mjo.le/ |
miaulent /mjol/ |
| imperfect | miaulais /mjo.lɛ/ |
miaulais /mjo.lɛ/ |
miaulait /mjo.lɛ/ |
miaulions /mjo.ljɔ̃/ |
miauliez /mjo.lje/ |
miaulaient /mjo.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | miaulai /mjo.le/ |
miaulas /mjo.la/ |
miaula /mjo.la/ |
miaulâmes /mjo.lam/ |
miaulâtes /mjo.lat/ |
miaulèrent /mjo.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | miaulerai /mjol.ʁe/ |
miauleras /mjol.ʁa/ |
miaulera /mjol.ʁa/ |
miaulerons /mjol.ʁɔ̃/ |
miaulerez /mjol.ʁe/ |
miauleront /mjol.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | miaulerais /mjol.ʁɛ/ |
miaulerais /mjol.ʁɛ/ |
miaulerait /mjol.ʁɛ/ |
miaulerions /mjo.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
miauleriez /mjo.lə.ʁje/ |
miauleraient /mjol.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 | miaule /mjol/ |
miaules /mjol/ |
miaule /mjol/ |
miaulions /mjo.ljɔ̃/ |
miauliez /mjo.lje/ |
miaulent /mjol/ |
| imperfect2 | miaulasse /mjo.las/ |
miaulasses /mjo.las/ |
miaulât /mjo.la/ |
miaulassions /mjo.la.sjɔ̃/ |
miaulassiez /mjo.la.sje/ |
miaulassent /mjo.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | miaule /mjol/ |
— | miaulons /mjo.lɔ̃/ |
miaulez /mjo.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “miauler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.