geler
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eːlər
Adjective
geler
- comparative degree of geel
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French geler, from Latin gelāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
geler
- (ambitransitive) to freeze
- (impersonal, weather) to be very cold
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 gèle and the third-person singular future indicative il gèlera.
Conjugation of geler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | geler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gelant /ʒə.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gelé /ʒə.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | gèle /ʒɛl/ |
gèles /ʒɛl/ |
gèle /ʒɛl/ |
gelons /ʒə.lɔ̃/ |
gelez /ʒə.le/ |
gèlent /ʒɛl/ |
| imperfect | gelais /ʒə.lɛ/ |
gelais /ʒə.lɛ/ |
gelait /ʒə.lɛ/ |
gelions /ʒə.ljɔ̃/ |
geliez /ʒə.lje/ |
gelaient /ʒə.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gelai /ʒə.le/ |
gelas /ʒə.la/ |
gela /ʒə.la/ |
gelâmes /ʒə.lam/ |
gelâtes /ʒə.lat/ |
gelèrent /ʒə.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | gèlerai /ʒɛl.ʁe/ |
gèleras /ʒɛl.ʁa/ |
gèlera /ʒɛl.ʁa/ |
gèlerons /ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
gèlerez /ʒɛl.ʁe/ |
gèleront /ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gèlerais /ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
gèlerais /ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
gèlerait /ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
gèlerions /ʒɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʒe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gèleriez /ʒɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ʒe.lə.ʁje/ |
gèleraient /ʒɛl.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 | gèle /ʒɛl/ |
gèles /ʒɛl/ |
gèle /ʒɛl/ |
gelions /ʒə.ljɔ̃/ |
geliez /ʒə.lje/ |
gèlent /ʒɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | gelasse /ʒə.las/ |
gelasses /ʒə.las/ |
gelât /ʒə.la/ |
gelassions /ʒə.la.sjɔ̃/ |
gelassiez /ʒə.la.sje/ |
gelassent /ʒə.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gèle /ʒɛl/ |
— | gelons /ʒə.lɔ̃/ |
gelez /ʒə.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
Related terms
Descendants
- → German: gelieren
Further reading
- “geler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
geler
- comparative degree of gel
- inflection of gel:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɛ.ɫɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ler]
Verb
geler
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of gelō
Old French
Etymology
Verb
geler
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-iels, *-ielt are modified to ieus, ieut. This verb has a stressed present stem giel distinct from the unstressed stem gel. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of geler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | geler | avoir gelé | |||||
| gerund | en gelant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | gelant | ||||||
| past participle | gelé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | giel | gieles | giele | gelons | gelez | gielent |
| imperfect | geloie, geleie, geloe, geleve | geloies, geleies, geloes, geleves | geloit, geleit, gelot, geleve | geliiens, geliens | geliiez, geliez | geloient, geleient, geloent, gelevent | |
| preterite | gelai | gelas | gela | gelames | gelastes | gelerent | |
| future | gelerai | geleras | gelera | gelerons | geleroiz, gelereiz, gelerez | geleront | |
| conditional | geleroie, gelereie | geleroies, gelereies | geleroit, gelereit | geleriiens, geleriens | geleriiez, geleriez | geleroient, gelereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | giel | gieus | gieut | gelons | gelez | gielent |
| imperfect | gelasse | gelasses | gelast | gelissons, gelissiens | gelissoiz, gelissez, gelissiez | gelassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | giele | — | gelons | gelez | — | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
Swedish
Noun
geler
- indefinite plural of gel