effeuiller
French
Etymology
From é- + feuille + -er. Compare exfolier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.fœ.je/
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Verb
effeuiller
- (transitive) to thin out (the leaves of a tree, bush etc.); to pick or pull the leaves or petals from
- (reflexive) to lose its leaves, shed its leaves
- (by extension) to strip (perform a striptease)
Conjugation
Conjugation of effeuiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | effeuiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | effeuillant /e.fœ.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | effeuillé /e.fœ.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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/ | |
| past historic2 | effeuillai /e.fœ.je/ |
effeuillas /e.fœ.ja/ |
effeuilla /e.fœ.ja/ |
effeuillâmes /e.fœ.jam/ |
effeuillâtes /e.fœ.jat/ |
effeuillèrent /e.fœ.jɛʁ/ | |
| 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| (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 | effeuille /e.fœj/ |
effeuilles /e.fœj/ |
effeuille /e.fœj/ |
effeuillions /e.fœj.jɔ̃/ |
effeuilliez /e.fœj.je/ |
effeuillent /e.fœj/ |
| imperfect2 | 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/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | effeuille /e.fœj/ |
— | effeuillons /e.fœ.jɔ̃/ |
effeuillez /e.fœ.je/ |
— | |
| 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
Related terms
Further reading
- “effeuiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.