onduler
French
Etymology
Back-formation from ondulation; corresponds to a Medieval or later Latin undulo, undulare, from Late Latin undula, a diminutive of Latin unda (whence French onde).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̃.dy.le/
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Verb
onduler
Conjugation
Conjugation of onduler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | onduler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ondulant /ɔ̃.dy.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ondulé /ɔ̃.dy.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ondule /ɔ̃.dyl/ |
ondules /ɔ̃.dyl/ |
ondule /ɔ̃.dyl/ |
ondulons /ɔ̃.dy.lɔ̃/ |
ondulez /ɔ̃.dy.le/ |
ondulent /ɔ̃.dyl/ |
| imperfect | ondulais /ɔ̃.dy.lɛ/ |
ondulais /ɔ̃.dy.lɛ/ |
ondulait /ɔ̃.dy.lɛ/ |
ondulions /ɔ̃.dy.ljɔ̃/ |
onduliez /ɔ̃.dy.lje/ |
ondulaient /ɔ̃.dy.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ondulai /ɔ̃.dy.le/ |
ondulas /ɔ̃.dy.la/ |
ondula /ɔ̃.dy.la/ |
ondulâmes /ɔ̃.dy.lam/ |
ondulâtes /ɔ̃.dy.lat/ |
ondulèrent /ɔ̃.dy.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | ondulerai /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁe/ |
onduleras /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁa/ |
ondulera /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁa/ |
ondulerons /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁɔ̃/ |
ondulerez /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁe/ |
onduleront /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ondulerais /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁɛ/ |
ondulerais /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁɛ/ |
ondulerait /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁɛ/ |
ondulerions /ɔ̃.dy.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
onduleriez /ɔ̃.dy.lə.ʁje/ |
onduleraient /ɔ̃.dyl.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 | ondule /ɔ̃.dyl/ |
ondules /ɔ̃.dyl/ |
ondule /ɔ̃.dyl/ |
ondulions /ɔ̃.dy.ljɔ̃/ |
onduliez /ɔ̃.dy.lje/ |
ondulent /ɔ̃.dyl/ |
| imperfect2 | ondulasse /ɔ̃.dy.las/ |
ondulasses /ɔ̃.dy.las/ |
ondulât /ɔ̃.dy.la/ |
ondulassions /ɔ̃.dy.la.sjɔ̃/ |
ondulassiez /ɔ̃.dy.la.sje/ |
ondulassent /ɔ̃.dy.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ondule /ɔ̃.dyl/ |
— | ondulons /ɔ̃.dy.lɔ̃/ |
ondulez /ɔ̃.dy.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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “onduler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.