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mêler
mêler
See also: meler
French
Verb
mêler
- (transitive) to mix
- (reflexive, followed by the preposition de) to meddle in, to interfere in, to get mixed up in
- (card games) to shuffle.
Usage notes
- Mêler may take a direct object that indicates multiple things being mixed together; or, it may take a direct object that indicates a single thing being mixed into another thing, as well as an object with a preposition, such as avec (“with”), à (“to”), dans (“in, into”), parmi (“among”), de (“of”), that indicates the thing it is being mixed into.
Synonyms
Conjugation
Conjugation of mêler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | mêler | avoir mêlé | |||||
| gerund | en mêlant | en ayant mêlé | |||||
| present participle | mêlant /mɛ.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | mêlé /mɛ.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | mêle /mɛl/ |
mêles /mɛl/ |
mêle /mɛl/ |
mêlons /mɛ.lɔ̃/ |
mêlez /mɛ.le/ |
mêlent /mɛl/ |
| imperfect | mêlais /mɛ.lɛ/ |
mêlais /mɛ.lɛ/ |
mêlait /mɛ.lɛ/ |
mêlions /mɛ.ljɔ̃/ |
mêliez /mɛ.lje/ |
mêlaient /mɛ.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | mêlai /mɛ.le/ |
mêlas /mɛ.la/ |
mêla /mɛ.la/ |
mêlâmes /mɛ.lam/ |
mêlâtes /mɛ.lat/ |
mêlèrent /mɛ.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | mêlerai /mɛl.ʁe/ |
mêleras /mɛl.ʁa/ |
mêlera /mɛl.ʁa/ |
mêlerons /mɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
mêlerez /mɛl.ʁe/ |
mêleront /mɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | mêlerais /mɛl.ʁɛ/ |
mêlerais /mɛl.ʁɛ/ |
mêlerait /mɛl.ʁɛ/ |
mêlerions /mɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mêleriez /mɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
mêleraient /mɛl.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 | mêle /mɛl/ |
mêles /mɛl/ |
mêle /mɛl/ |
mêlions /mɛ.ljɔ̃/ |
mêliez /mɛ.lje/ |
mêlent /mɛl/ |
| imperfect1 |
mêlasse /mɛ.las/ |
mêlasses /mɛ.las/ |
mêlât /mɛ.la/ |
mêlassions /mɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
mêlassiez /mɛ.la.sje/ |
mêlassent /mɛ.las/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | mêle /mɛl/ |
— | mêlons /mɛ.lɔ̃/ |
mêlez /mɛ.le/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
References
- “mêler” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
From Old French mesler, *mescler (“to mingle, mix up”), from Vulgar Latin *misculāre, from Latin misceō, miscēre
Pronunciation
Verb
mêler (gerund mêl'lie)