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pétiller
pétiller
French
Verb
pétiller
- (intransitive, of a liquid) to fizz, to be fizzy, bubble, bubble up
- (intransitive, of fire, flames etc.) to crackle
- (intransitive, of eyes) to sparkle, twinkle, flutter
- Son sourire fit pétiller les yeux de son amant.
- Her smile set put a twinkle into her lover's eyes
- Son sourire fit pétiller les yeux de son amant.
Derived terms
- pétillant (adjective)
- pétillement
Conjugation
Conjugation of pétiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | pétiller | avoir pétillé | |||||
| gerund | en pétillant | en ayant pétillé | |||||
| present participle | pétillant /pe.ti.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | pétillé /pe.ti.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 | pétille /pe.tij/ |
pétilles /pe.tij/ |
pétille /pe.tij/ |
pétillons /pe.ti.jɔ̃/ |
pétillez /pe.ti.je/ |
pétillent /pe.tij/ |
| imperfect | pétillais /pe.ti.jɛ/ |
pétillais /pe.ti.jɛ/ |
pétillait /pe.ti.jɛ/ |
pétillions /pe.tij.jɔ̃/ |
pétilliez /pe.tij.je/ |
pétillaient /pe.ti.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | pétillai /pe.ti.je/ |
pétillas /pe.ti.ja/ |
pétilla /pe.ti.ja/ |
pétillâmes /pe.ti.jam/ |
pétillâtes /pe.ti.jat/ |
pétillèrent /pe.ti.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | pétillerai /pe.tij.ʁe/ |
pétilleras /pe.tij.ʁa/ |
pétillera /pe.tij.ʁa/ |
pétillerons /pe.tij.ʁɔ̃/ |
pétillerez /pe.tij.ʁe/ |
pétilleront /pe.tij.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | pétillerais /pe.tij.ʁɛ/ |
pétillerais /pe.tij.ʁɛ/ |
pétillerait /pe.tij.ʁɛ/ |
pétillerions /pe.ti.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pétilleriez /pe.ti.jə.ʁje/ |
pétilleraient /pe.tij.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 | pétille /pe.tij/ |
pétilles /pe.tij/ |
pétille /pe.tij/ |
pétillions /pe.tij.jɔ̃/ |
pétilliez /pe.tij.je/ |
pétillent /pe.tij/ |
| imperfect1 |
pétillasse /pe.ti.jas/ |
pétillasses /pe.ti.jas/ |
pétillât /pe.ti.ja/ |
pétillassions /pe.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
pétillassiez /pe.ti.ja.sje/ |
pétillassent /pe.ti.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 | – | |
| — | pétille /pe.tij/ |
— | pétillons /pe.ti.jɔ̃/ |
pétillez /pe.ti.je/ |
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