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appeller
appeller
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French apeler, with the P and L added back to reflect the original Latin appellō.
Verb
appeller
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of appeller
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | appeller | avoir appellé | |||||
| gerund | en appellant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | appellant | ||||||
| past participle | appellé | ||||||
| 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 | appelle | appelles | appelle | appellons | appellez | appellent |
| imperfect | appellois, appelloys | appellois, appelloys | appelloit, appelloyt | appellions, appellyons | appelliez, appellyez | appelloient, appelloyent | |
| past historic | appella | appellas | appella | appellasmes | appellastes | appellerent | |
| future | appellerai, appelleray | appelleras | appellera | appellerons | appellerez | appelleront | |
| conditional | appellerois, appelleroys | appellerois, appelleroys | appelleroit, appelleroyt | appellerions, appelleryons | appelleriez, appelleryez | appelleroient, appelleroyent | |
| 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 | appelle | appelles | appelle | appellons | appellez | appellent |
| imperfect | appellasse | appellasses | appellast | appellassions | appellassiez | appellassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | appelle | — | appellons | appellez | — | ||
Synonyms
- (to name): nommer
Descendants
- French: appeler