peler
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French peler, from Late Latin pilāre (“remove hair, depilate”), from Latin pilus, perhaps influenced by Old French pel.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
peler
- to peel
Conjugation edit
This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il pèle and the third-person singular future indicative il pèlera.
Conjugation of peler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | peler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pelant /pə.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pelé /pə.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pèle /pɛl/ |
pèles /pɛl/ |
pèle /pɛl/ |
pelons /pə.lɔ̃/ |
pelez /pə.le/ |
pèlent /pɛl/ |
| imperfect | pelais /pə.lɛ/ |
pelais /pə.lɛ/ |
pelait /pə.lɛ/ |
pelions /pə.ljɔ̃/ |
peliez /pə.lje/ |
pelaient /pə.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pelai /pə.le/ |
pelas /pə.la/ |
pela /pə.la/ |
pelâmes /pə.lam/ |
pelâtes /pə.lat/ |
pelèrent /pə.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | pèlerai /pɛl.ʁe/ |
pèleras /pɛl.ʁa/ |
pèlera /pɛl.ʁa/ |
pèlerons /pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
pèlerez /pɛl.ʁe/ |
pèleront /pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pèlerais /pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
pèlerais /pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
pèlerait /pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
pèlerions /pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pèleriez /pɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /pe.lə.ʁje/ |
pèleraient /pɛl.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 | pèle /pɛl/ |
pèles /pɛl/ |
pèle /pɛl/ |
pelions /pə.ljɔ̃/ |
peliez /pə.lje/ |
pèlent /pɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | pelasse /pə.las/ |
pelasses /pə.las/ |
pelât /pə.la/ |
pelassions /pə.la.sjɔ̃/ |
pelassiez /pə.la.sje/ |
pelassent /pə.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pèle /pɛl/ |
— | pelons /pə.lɔ̃/ |
pelez /pə.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). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “peler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "peler"
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Informal alternative form of pelir
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
peler
Usage notes edit
Norman edit
Verb edit
peler
- Alternative form of p'ler (“to peel”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
peler m
- indefinite plural of pel