pétiller
French
Etymology
pet + -iller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe.ti.je/
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Verb
pétiller
- (intransitive, of a liquid) to fizz, to be fizzy, bubble, bubble up
- (intransitive, of fire, flames etc.) to crackle
- (intransitive, of eyes) to sparkle, twinkle, flutter
- Son sourire fit pétiller les yeux de son amant.
- Her smile brought a twinkle into her lover's eyes
Conjugation
Conjugation of pétiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pétiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pétillant /pe.ti.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pétillé /pe.ti.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pétille /pe.tij/ |
pétilles /pe.tij/ |
pétille /pe.tij/ |
pétillons /pe.ti.jɔ̃/ |
pétillez /pe.ti.je/ |
pétillent /pe.tij/ |
| imperfect | pétillais /pe.ti.jɛ/ |
pétillais /pe.ti.jɛ/ |
pétillait /pe.ti.jɛ/ |
pétillions /pe.tij.jɔ̃/ |
pétilliez /pe.tij.je/ |
pétillaient /pe.ti.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pétillai /pe.ti.je/ |
pétillas /pe.ti.ja/ |
pétilla /pe.ti.ja/ |
pétillâmes /pe.ti.jam/ |
pétillâtes /pe.ti.jat/ |
pétillèrent /pe.ti.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | pétillerai /pe.tij.ʁe/ |
pétilleras /pe.tij.ʁa/ |
pétillera /pe.tij.ʁa/ |
pétillerons /pe.tij.ʁɔ̃/ |
pétillerez /pe.tij.ʁe/ |
pétilleront /pe.tij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pétillerais /pe.tij.ʁɛ/ |
pétillerais /pe.tij.ʁɛ/ |
pétillerait /pe.tij.ʁɛ/ |
pétillerions /pe.ti.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pétilleriez /pe.ti.jə.ʁje/ |
pétilleraient /pe.tij.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 | pétille /pe.tij/ |
pétilles /pe.tij/ |
pétille /pe.tij/ |
pétillions /pe.tij.jɔ̃/ |
pétilliez /pe.tij.je/ |
pétillent /pe.tij/ |
| imperfect2 | pétillasse /pe.ti.jas/ |
pétillasses /pe.ti.jas/ |
pétillât /pe.ti.ja/ |
pétillassions /pe.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
pétillassiez /pe.ti.ja.sje/ |
pétillassent /pe.ti.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pétille /pe.tij/ |
— | pétillons /pe.ti.jɔ̃/ |
pétillez /pe.ti.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
- pétillant (adjective)
- pétillement
Further reading
- “pétiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.