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écailler
écailler
French
Verb
écailler
- to scale (a fish)
- to open (an oyster)
- to chip (paintwork)
- (reflexive) (of paint, varnish etc.) to chip, flake (off)
Conjugation
Conjugation of écailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | écailler | avoir écaillé | |||||
| gerund | en écaillant | en ayant écaillé | |||||
| present participle | écaillant /e.ka.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | écaillé /e.ka.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | écaille /e.kaj/ |
écailles /e.kaj/ |
écaille /e.kaj/ |
écaillons /e.ka.jɔ̃/ |
écaillez /e.ka.je/ |
écaillent /e.kaj/ |
| imperfect | écaillais /e.ka.jɛ/ |
écaillais /e.ka.jɛ/ |
écaillait /e.ka.jɛ/ |
écaillions /e.kaj.jɔ̃/ |
écailliez /e.kaj.je/ |
écaillaient /e.ka.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | écaillai /e.ka.je/ |
écaillas /e.ka.ja/ |
écailla /e.ka.ja/ |
écaillâmes /e.ka.jam/ |
écaillâtes /e.ka.jat/ |
écaillèrent /e.ka.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | écaillerai /e.kaj.ʁe/ |
écailleras /e.kaj.ʁa/ |
écaillera /e.kaj.ʁa/ |
écaillerons /e.kaj.ʁɔ̃/ |
écaillerez /e.kaj.ʁe/ |
écailleront /e.kaj.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | écaillerais /e.kaj.ʁɛ/ |
écaillerais /e.kaj.ʁɛ/ |
écaillerait /e.kaj.ʁɛ/ |
écaillerions /e.ka.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
écailleriez /e.ka.jə.ʁje/ |
écailleraient /e.kaj.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | écaille /e.kaj/ |
écailles /e.kaj/ |
écaille /e.kaj/ |
écaillions /e.kaj.jɔ̃/ |
écailliez /e.kaj.je/ |
écaillent /e.kaj/ |
| imperfect1 |
écaillasse /e.ka.jas/ |
écaillasses /e.ka.jas/ |
écaillât /e.ka.ja/ |
écaillassions /e.ka.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
écaillassiez /e.ka.ja.sje/ |
écaillassent /e.ka.jas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | écaille /e.kaj/ |
— | écaillons /e.ka.jɔ̃/ |
écaillez /e.ka.je/ |
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