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sceller
sceller
French
Verb
sceller
- (transitive) to seal (place a seal on)
- (transitive) to seal (fasten something to prevent its being opened)
- (transitive) to seal (close securely)
- (transitive, figuratively) to seal, guarantee
- (transitive) to seal (fix to a wall)
- (transitive, Quebec) to mortar
Conjugation
Conjugation of sceller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | sceller | avoir scellé | |||||
| gerund | en scellant | en ayant scellé | |||||
| present participle | scellant /sɛ.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | scellé /sɛ.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 | scelle /sɛl/ |
scelles /sɛl/ |
scelle /sɛl/ |
scellons /sɛ.lɔ̃/ |
scellez /sɛ.le/ |
scellent /sɛl/ |
| imperfect | scellais /sɛ.lɛ/ |
scellais /sɛ.lɛ/ |
scellait /sɛ.lɛ/ |
scellions /sɛ.ljɔ̃/ |
scelliez /sɛ.lje/ |
scellaient /sɛ.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | scellai /sɛ.le/ |
scellas /sɛ.la/ |
scella /sɛ.la/ |
scellâmes /sɛ.lam/ |
scellâtes /sɛ.lat/ |
scellèrent /sɛ.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | scellerai /sɛl.ʁe/ |
scelleras /sɛl.ʁa/ |
scellera /sɛl.ʁa/ |
scellerons /sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
scellerez /sɛl.ʁe/ |
scelleront /sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | scellerais /sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
scellerais /sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
scellerait /sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
scellerions /sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
scelleriez /sɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
scelleraient /sɛl.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 | scelle /sɛl/ |
scelles /sɛl/ |
scelle /sɛl/ |
scellions /sɛ.ljɔ̃/ |
scelliez /sɛ.lje/ |
scellent /sɛl/ |
| imperfect1 |
scellasse /sɛ.las/ |
scellasses /sɛ.las/ |
scellât /sɛ.la/ |
scellassions /sɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
scellassiez /sɛ.la.sje/ |
scellassent /sɛ.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 | – | |
| — | scelle /sɛl/ |
— | scellons /sɛ.lɔ̃/ |
scellez /sɛ.le/ |
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Related terms
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
sceller
- to seal (e.g. a letter)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of sceller
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sceller | avoir scellé | |||||
| gerund | en scellant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | scellant | ||||||
| past participle | scellé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | scelle | scelles | scelle | scellons | scellez | scellent |
| imperfect | scellois, scelloys | scellois, scelloys | scelloit, scelloyt | scellions, scellyons | scelliez, scellyez | scelloient, scelloyent | |
| past historic | scella | scellas | scella | scellasmes | scellastes | scellerent | |
| future | scellerai, scelleray | scelleras | scellera | scellerons | scellerez | scelleront | |
| conditional | scellerois, scelleroys | scellerois, scelleroys | scelleroit, scelleroyt | scellerions, scelleryons | scelleriez, scelleryez | scelleroient, scelleroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | scelle | scelles | scelle | scellons | scellez | scellent |
| imperfect | scellasse | scellasses | scellast | scellassions | scellassiez | scellassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | scelle | — | scellons | scellez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: sceller
References
- sceller on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)