desseller
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.sɛ.le/ ~ /de.se.le/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: desceller
Verb
desseller
- (transitive) to unsaddle
- (reflexive, Louisiana) to roll up one's sleeves (in preparation for a fight)
Conjugation
Conjugation of desseller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | desseller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | dessellant /de.sɛ.lɑ̃/ or /de.se.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | dessellé /de.sɛ.le/ or /de.se.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | desselle /de.sɛl/ |
desselles /de.sɛl/ |
desselle /de.sɛl/ |
dessellons /de.sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /de.se.lɔ̃/ |
dessellez /de.sɛ.le/ or /de.se.le/ |
dessellent /de.sɛl/ |
| imperfect | dessellais /de.sɛ.lɛ/ or /de.se.lɛ/ |
dessellais /de.sɛ.lɛ/ or /de.se.lɛ/ |
dessellait /de.sɛ.lɛ/ or /de.se.lɛ/ |
dessellions /de.sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /de.se.ljɔ̃/ |
desselliez /de.sɛ.lje/ or /de.se.lje/ |
dessellaient /de.sɛ.lɛ/ or /de.se.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | dessellai /de.sɛ.le/ or /de.se.le/ |
dessellas /de.sɛ.la/ or /de.se.la/ |
dessella /de.sɛ.la/ or /de.se.la/ |
dessellâmes /de.sɛ.lam/ or /de.se.lam/ |
dessellâtes /de.sɛ.lat/ or /de.se.lat/ |
dessellèrent /de.sɛ.lɛʁ/ or /de.se.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | dessellerai /de.sɛl.ʁe/ |
desselleras /de.sɛl.ʁa/ |
dessellera /de.sɛl.ʁa/ |
dessellerons /de.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
dessellerez /de.sɛl.ʁe/ |
desselleront /de.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | dessellerais /de.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
dessellerais /de.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
dessellerait /de.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
dessellerions /de.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
desselleriez /de.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /de.se.lə.ʁje/ |
desselleraient /de.sɛl.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 | desselle /de.sɛl/ |
desselles /de.sɛl/ |
desselle /de.sɛl/ |
dessellions /de.sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /de.se.ljɔ̃/ |
desselliez /de.sɛ.lje/ or /de.se.lje/ |
dessellent /de.sɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | dessellasse /de.sɛ.las/ or /de.se.las/ |
dessellasses /de.sɛ.las/ or /de.se.las/ |
dessellât /de.sɛ.la/ or /de.se.la/ |
dessellassions /de.sɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /de.se.la.sjɔ̃/ |
dessellassiez /de.sɛ.la.sje/ or /de.se.la.sje/ |
dessellassent /de.sɛ.las/ or /de.se.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | desselle /de.sɛl/ |
— | dessellons /de.sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /de.se.lɔ̃/ |
dessellez /de.sɛ.le/ or /de.se.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “desseller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)