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effeuiller
effeuiller
French
Verb
effeuiller
- (transitive) to thin out (the leaves of a tree, bush etc.); to pick/pull the leaves/petals from
- (reflexive) to lose its leaves, shed its leaves
- (by extension) to strip (perform a striptease)
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Conjugation
Conjugation of effeuiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | effeuiller | avoir effeuillé | |||||
| gerund | en effeuillant | en ayant effeuillé | |||||
| present participle | effeuillant /e.fœ.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | effeuillé /e.fœ.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 | effeuille /e.fœj/ |
effeuilles /e.fœj/ |
effeuille /e.fœj/ |
effeuillons /e.fœ.jɔ̃/ |
effeuillez /e.fœ.je/ |
effeuillent /e.fœj/ |
| imperfect | effeuillais /e.fœ.jɛ/ |
effeuillais /e.fœ.jɛ/ |
effeuillait /e.fœ.jɛ/ |
effeuillions /e.fœj.jɔ̃/ |
effeuilliez /e.fœj.je/ |
effeuillaient /e.fœ.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | effeuillai /e.fœ.je/ |
effeuillas /e.fœ.ja/ |
effeuilla /e.fœ.ja/ |
effeuillâmes /e.fœ.jam/ |
effeuillâtes /e.fœ.jat/ |
effeuillèrent /e.fœ.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | effeuillerai /e.fœj.ʁe/ |
effeuilleras /e.fœj.ʁa/ |
effeuillera /e.fœj.ʁa/ |
effeuillerons /e.fœj.ʁɔ̃/ |
effeuillerez /e.fœj.ʁe/ |
effeuilleront /e.fœj.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | effeuillerais /e.fœj.ʁɛ/ |
effeuillerais /e.fœj.ʁɛ/ |
effeuillerait /e.fœj.ʁɛ/ |
effeuillerions /e.fœ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
effeuilleriez /e.fœ.jə.ʁje/ |
effeuilleraient /e.fœj.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 | effeuille /e.fœj/ |
effeuilles /e.fœj/ |
effeuille /e.fœj/ |
effeuillions /e.fœj.jɔ̃/ |
effeuilliez /e.fœj.je/ |
effeuillent /e.fœj/ |
| imperfect1 |
effeuillasse /e.fœ.jas/ |
effeuillasses /e.fœ.jas/ |
effeuillât /e.fœ.ja/ |
effeuillassions /e.fœ.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
effeuillassiez /e.fœ.ja.sje/ |
effeuillassent /e.fœ.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 | – | |
| — | effeuille /e.fœj/ |
— | effeuillons /e.fœ.jɔ̃/ |
effeuillez /e.fœ.je/ |
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