postiller
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
postiller (plural postillers)
- (archaic) A writer of notes in the margin of a book.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- It hath been averred by many holy writers, commonly delivered by postillers and commentators
- (archaic) A preacher.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From postill(on) + -er. Compare French postillonner.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔs.ti.je/
Verb
postiller
- synonym of postillonner
Conjugation
Conjugation of postiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | postiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | postillant /pɔs.ti.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | postillé /pɔs.ti.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | postille /pɔs.tij/ |
postilles /pɔs.tij/ |
postille /pɔs.tij/ |
postillons /pɔs.ti.jɔ̃/ |
postillez /pɔs.ti.je/ |
postillent /pɔs.tij/ |
| imperfect | postillais /pɔs.ti.jɛ/ |
postillais /pɔs.ti.jɛ/ |
postillait /pɔs.ti.jɛ/ |
postillions /pɔs.tij.jɔ̃/ |
postilliez /pɔs.tij.je/ |
postillaient /pɔs.ti.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | postillai /pɔs.ti.je/ |
postillas /pɔs.ti.ja/ |
postilla /pɔs.ti.ja/ |
postillâmes /pɔs.ti.jam/ |
postillâtes /pɔs.ti.jat/ |
postillèrent /pɔs.ti.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | postillerai /pɔs.tij.ʁe/ |
postilleras /pɔs.tij.ʁa/ |
postillera /pɔs.tij.ʁa/ |
postillerons /pɔs.tij.ʁɔ̃/ |
postillerez /pɔs.tij.ʁe/ |
postilleront /pɔs.tij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | postillerais /pɔs.tij.ʁɛ/ |
postillerais /pɔs.tij.ʁɛ/ |
postillerait /pɔs.tij.ʁɛ/ |
postillerions /pɔs.ti.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
postilleriez /pɔs.ti.jə.ʁje/ |
postilleraient /pɔs.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 | postille /pɔs.tij/ |
postilles /pɔs.tij/ |
postille /pɔs.tij/ |
postillions /pɔs.tij.jɔ̃/ |
postilliez /pɔs.tij.je/ |
postillent /pɔs.tij/ |
| imperfect2 | postillasse /pɔs.ti.jas/ |
postillasses /pɔs.ti.jas/ |
postillât /pɔs.ti.ja/ |
postillassions /pɔs.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
postillassiez /pɔs.ti.ja.sje/ |
postillassent /pɔs.ti.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | postille /pɔs.tij/ |
— | postillons /pɔs.ti.jɔ̃/ |
postillez /pɔs.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). | |||||||