effiler

French

Etymology

From ex- +‎ filer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.fi.le/
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Verb

effiler

  1. (transitive) to thin, taper
  2. (transitive) to fray

Conjugation

Conjugation of effiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple effiler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple effilant
/e.fi.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle effilé
/e.fi.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present effile
/e.fil/ 		effiles
/e.fil/ 		effile
/e.fil/ 		effilons
/e.fi.lɔ̃/ 		effilez
/e.fi.le/ 		effilent
/e.fil/
imperfect effilais
/e.fi.lɛ/ 		effilais
/e.fi.lɛ/ 		effilait
/e.fi.lɛ/ 		effilions
/e.fi.ljɔ̃/ 		effiliez
/e.fi.lje/ 		effilaient
/e.fi.lɛ/
past historic2 effilai
/e.fi.le/ 		effilas
/e.fi.la/ 		effila
/e.fi.la/ 		effilâmes
/e.fi.lam/ 		effilâtes
/e.fi.lat/ 		effilèrent
/e.fi.lɛʁ/
future effilerai
/e.fil.ʁe/ 		effileras
/e.fil.ʁa/ 		effilera
/e.fil.ʁa/ 		effilerons
/e.fil.ʁɔ̃/ 		effilerez
/e.fil.ʁe/ 		effileront
/e.fil.ʁɔ̃/
conditional effilerais
/e.fil.ʁɛ/ 		effilerais
/e.fil.ʁɛ/ 		effilerait
/e.fil.ʁɛ/ 		effilerions
/e.fi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		effileriez
/e.fi.lə.ʁje/ 		effileraient
/e.fil.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 effile
/e.fil/ 		effiles
/e.fil/ 		effile
/e.fil/ 		effilions
/e.fi.ljɔ̃/ 		effiliez
/e.fi.lje/ 		effilent
/e.fil/
imperfect2 effilasse
/e.fi.las/ 		effilasses
/e.fi.las/ 		effilât
/e.fi.la/ 		effilassions
/e.fi.la.sjɔ̃/ 		effilassiez
/e.fi.la.sje/ 		effilassent
/e.fi.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — effile
/e.fil/ 		— effilons
/e.fi.lɔ̃/ 		effilez
/e.fi.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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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