tirailler

French

Etymology

From tirer +‎ -ailler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti.ʁa.je/
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Verb

tirailler

  1. to pull, to tug
  2. (figuratively) to tear somebody in two, to make somebody hesitate
  3. to skirmish

Conjugation

Conjugation of tirailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tirailler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tiraillant
/ti.ʁa.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tiraillé
/ti.ʁa.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present tiraille
/ti.ʁaj/ 		tirailles
/ti.ʁaj/ 		tiraille
/ti.ʁaj/ 		tiraillons
/ti.ʁa.jɔ̃/ 		tiraillez
/ti.ʁa.je/ 		tiraillent
/ti.ʁaj/
imperfect tiraillais
/ti.ʁa.jɛ/ 		tiraillais
/ti.ʁa.jɛ/ 		tiraillait
/ti.ʁa.jɛ/ 		tiraillions
/ti.ʁaj.jɔ̃/ 		tirailliez
/ti.ʁaj.je/ 		tiraillaient
/ti.ʁa.jɛ/
past historic2 tiraillai
/ti.ʁa.je/ 		tiraillas
/ti.ʁa.ja/ 		tirailla
/ti.ʁa.ja/ 		tiraillâmes
/ti.ʁa.jam/ 		tiraillâtes
/ti.ʁa.jat/ 		tiraillèrent
/ti.ʁa.jɛʁ/
future tiraillerai
/ti.ʁaj.ʁe/ 		tirailleras
/ti.ʁaj.ʁa/ 		tiraillera
/ti.ʁaj.ʁa/ 		tiraillerons
/ti.ʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ 		tiraillerez
/ti.ʁaj.ʁe/ 		tirailleront
/ti.ʁaj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tiraillerais
/ti.ʁaj.ʁɛ/ 		tiraillerais
/ti.ʁaj.ʁɛ/ 		tiraillerait
/ti.ʁaj.ʁɛ/ 		tiraillerions
/ti.ʁa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		tirailleriez
/ti.ʁa.jə.ʁje/ 		tirailleraient
/ti.ʁaj.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 tiraille
/ti.ʁaj/ 		tirailles
/ti.ʁaj/ 		tiraille
/ti.ʁaj/ 		tiraillions
/ti.ʁaj.jɔ̃/ 		tirailliez
/ti.ʁaj.je/ 		tiraillent
/ti.ʁaj/
imperfect2 tiraillasse
/ti.ʁa.jas/ 		tiraillasses
/ti.ʁa.jas/ 		tiraillât
/ti.ʁa.ja/ 		tiraillassions
/ti.ʁa.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		tiraillassiez
/ti.ʁa.ja.sje/ 		tiraillassent
/ti.ʁa.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tiraille
/ti.ʁaj/ 		— tiraillons
/ti.ʁa.jɔ̃/ 		tiraillez
/ti.ʁa.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:
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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