déniveler
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.ni.vle/
Audio: (file) - Homophones: dénivelai, dénivelé, dénivelée, dénivelées, dénivelés, dénivelez
Verb
déniveler
- (transitive) to make uneven
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il dénivèle and the third-person singular future indicative il dénivèlera.
Conjugation of déniveler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | déniveler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | dénivelant /de.ni.vlɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | dénivelé /de.ni.vle/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | dénivèle /de.ni.vɛl/ |
dénivèles /de.ni.vɛl/ |
dénivèle /de.ni.vɛl/ |
dénivelons /de.ni.vlɔ̃/ |
dénivelez /de.ni.vle/ |
dénivèlent /de.ni.vɛl/ |
| imperfect | dénivelais /de.ni.vlɛ/ |
dénivelais /de.ni.vlɛ/ |
dénivelait /de.ni.vlɛ/ |
dénivelions /de.ni.və.ljɔ̃/ |
déniveliez /de.ni.və.lje/ |
dénivelaient /de.ni.vlɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | dénivelai /de.ni.vle/ |
dénivelas /de.ni.vla/ |
dénivela /de.ni.vla/ |
dénivelâmes /de.ni.vlam/ |
dénivelâtes /de.ni.vlat/ |
dénivelèrent /de.ni.vlɛʁ/ | |
| future | dénivèlerai /de.ni.vɛl.ʁe/ |
dénivèleras /de.ni.vɛl.ʁa/ |
dénivèlera /de.ni.vɛl.ʁa/ |
dénivèlerons /de.ni.vɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
dénivèlerez /de.ni.vɛl.ʁe/ |
dénivèleront /de.ni.vɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | dénivèlerais /de.ni.vɛl.ʁɛ/ |
dénivèlerais /de.ni.vɛl.ʁɛ/ |
dénivèlerait /de.ni.vɛl.ʁɛ/ |
dénivèlerions /de.ni.vɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.ni.ve.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dénivèleriez /de.ni.vɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /de.ni.ve.lə.ʁje/ |
dénivèleraient /de.ni.vɛl.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 | dénivèle /de.ni.vɛl/ |
dénivèles /de.ni.vɛl/ |
dénivèle /de.ni.vɛl/ |
dénivelions /de.ni.və.ljɔ̃/ |
déniveliez /de.ni.və.lje/ |
dénivèlent /de.ni.vɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | dénivelasse /de.ni.vlas/ |
dénivelasses /de.ni.vlas/ |
dénivelât /de.ni.vla/ |
dénivelassions /de.ni.vla.sjɔ̃/ |
dénivelassiez /de.ni.vla.sje/ |
dénivelassent /de.ni.vlas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dénivèle /de.ni.vɛl/ |
— | dénivelons /de.ni.vlɔ̃/ |
dénivelez /de.ni.vle/ |
— | |
| 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
- “déniveler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.