étoiler
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.twa.le/
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Verb
étoiler
- to scatter or adorn with stars
- Le ciel s'étoile. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (by extension) synonym of consteller
Conjugation
Conjugation of étoiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | étoiler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | étoilant /e.twa.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | étoilé /e.twa.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | étoile /e.twal/ |
étoiles /e.twal/ |
étoile /e.twal/ |
étoilons /e.twa.lɔ̃/ |
étoilez /e.twa.le/ |
étoilent /e.twal/ |
| imperfect | étoilais /e.twa.lɛ/ |
étoilais /e.twa.lɛ/ |
étoilait /e.twa.lɛ/ |
étoilions /e.twa.ljɔ̃/ |
étoiliez /e.twa.lje/ |
étoilaient /e.twa.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | étoilai /e.twa.le/ |
étoilas /e.twa.la/ |
étoila /e.twa.la/ |
étoilâmes /e.twa.lam/ |
étoilâtes /e.twa.lat/ |
étoilèrent /e.twa.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | étoilerai /e.twal.ʁe/ |
étoileras /e.twal.ʁa/ |
étoilera /e.twal.ʁa/ |
étoilerons /e.twal.ʁɔ̃/ |
étoilerez /e.twal.ʁe/ |
étoileront /e.twal.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | étoilerais /e.twal.ʁɛ/ |
étoilerais /e.twal.ʁɛ/ |
étoilerait /e.twal.ʁɛ/ |
étoilerions /e.twa.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
étoileriez /e.twa.lə.ʁje/ |
étoileraient /e.twal.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | étoile /e.twal/ |
étoiles /e.twal/ |
étoile /e.twal/ |
étoilions /e.twa.ljɔ̃/ |
étoiliez /e.twa.lje/ |
étoilent /e.twal/ |
| imperfect2 | étoilasse /e.twa.las/ |
étoilasses /e.twa.las/ |
étoilât /e.twa.la/ |
étoilassions /e.twa.la.sjɔ̃/ |
étoilassiez /e.twa.la.sje/ |
étoilassent /e.twa.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | étoile /e.twal/ |
— | étoilons /e.twa.lɔ̃/ |
étoilez /e.twa.le/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “étoiler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.