caroler

English

Alternative forms

• caroller

Noun

caroler (plural carolers)

1. A carol singer.

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Old French

Verb

caroler

1. to sing

   circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

   Puceles carolent et dancent

   Young maidens, singing and dancing

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of caroler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		caroler			avoir carolé, carolez
gerund		en carolant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		carolant
past participle		carolé, carolez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	carole, carol	caroles, carols	carole, carol	carolons	carolez, carolés	carolent
	imperfect	caroloe, caroleie, caroloie	caroloes, caroleies, caroloies	carolot, caroleit, caroloit	carolions, caroliions	caroliez, caroliiez	caroloent, carolient, caroloient
	past historic	carolai	carolas	carola	carolames	carolastes	carolerent
	future	carolerai	caroleras	carolera	carolerons	carolerez, carolereiz	caroleront
	conditional	caroleroe, carolereie, caroleroie	caroleroes, carolereies, caroleroies	carolerot, carolereie, caroleroie	carolerions, caroleriions	caroleriez, caroleriiez	caroleroent, carolereient, caroleroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	carole, carol	caroles, carols	carole, carol	carolons	carolez	carolent
	imperfect	carolasse	carolasses	carolast	carolissons	carolissez, carolissiez	carolassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	carole	—	carolons	carolez	—