osciller

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oscillāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.si.le/, (proscribed but common) /ɔ.si.je/
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Verb

osciller

  1. to oscillate
  2. to wobble

Conjugation

Conjugation of osciller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple osciller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple oscillant
/ɔ.si.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle oscillé
/ɔ.si.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present oscille
/ɔ.sil/ 		oscilles
/ɔ.sil/ 		oscille
/ɔ.sil/ 		oscillons
/ɔ.si.lɔ̃/ 		oscillez
/ɔ.si.le/ 		oscillent
/ɔ.sil/
imperfect oscillais
/ɔ.si.lɛ/ 		oscillais
/ɔ.si.lɛ/ 		oscillait
/ɔ.si.lɛ/ 		oscillions
/ɔ.si.ljɔ̃/ 		oscilliez
/ɔ.si.lje/ 		oscillaient
/ɔ.si.lɛ/
past historic2 oscillai
/ɔ.si.le/ 		oscillas
/ɔ.si.la/ 		oscilla
/ɔ.si.la/ 		oscillâmes
/ɔ.si.lam/ 		oscillâtes
/ɔ.si.lat/ 		oscillèrent
/ɔ.si.lɛʁ/
future oscillerai
/ɔ.sil.ʁe/ 		oscilleras
/ɔ.sil.ʁa/ 		oscillera
/ɔ.sil.ʁa/ 		oscillerons
/ɔ.sil.ʁɔ̃/ 		oscillerez
/ɔ.sil.ʁe/ 		oscilleront
/ɔ.sil.ʁɔ̃/
conditional oscillerais
/ɔ.sil.ʁɛ/ 		oscillerais
/ɔ.sil.ʁɛ/ 		oscillerait
/ɔ.sil.ʁɛ/ 		oscillerions
/ɔ.si.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		oscilleriez
/ɔ.si.lə.ʁje/ 		oscilleraient
/ɔ.sil.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 oscille
/ɔ.sil/ 		oscilles
/ɔ.sil/ 		oscille
/ɔ.sil/ 		oscillions
/ɔ.si.ljɔ̃/ 		oscilliez
/ɔ.si.lje/ 		oscillent
/ɔ.sil/
imperfect2 oscillasse
/ɔ.si.las/ 		oscillasses
/ɔ.si.las/ 		oscillât
/ɔ.si.la/ 		oscillassions
/ɔ.si.la.sjɔ̃/ 		oscillassiez
/ɔ.si.la.sje/ 		oscillassent
/ɔ.si.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — oscille
/ɔ.sil/ 		— oscillons
/ɔ.si.lɔ̃/ 		oscillez
/ɔ.si.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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