carreler

French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Old French quarel, modern carreau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.le/

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Verb

carreler

1. (transitive) to tile
2. (transitive) to pave

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of carreler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	carreler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	carrelant /kaʁ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		carrelé /kaʁ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	carrelle or carrèle /ka.ʁɛl/	carrelles or carrèles /ka.ʁɛl/	carrelle or carrèle /ka.ʁɛl/	carrelons /kaʁ.lɔ̃/	carrelez /kaʁ.le/	carrellent or carrèlent /ka.ʁɛl/
	imperfect	carrelais /kaʁ.lɛ/	carrelais /kaʁ.lɛ/	carrelait /kaʁ.lɛ/	carrelions /ka.ʁə.ljɔ̃/	carreliez /ka.ʁə.lje/	carrelaient /kaʁ.lɛ/
	past historic2	carrelai /kaʁ.le/	carrelas /kaʁ.la/	carrela /kaʁ.la/	carrelâmes /kaʁ.lam/	carrelâtes /kaʁ.lat/	carrelèrent /kaʁ.lɛʁ/
	future	carrellerai or carrèlerai /ka.ʁɛl.ʁe/	carrelleras or carrèleras /ka.ʁɛl.ʁa/	carrellera or carrèlera /ka.ʁɛl.ʁa/	carrellerons or carrèlerons /ka.ʁɛl.ʁɔ̃/	carrellerez or carrèlerez /ka.ʁɛl.ʁe/	carrelleront or carrèleront /ka.ʁɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	carrellerais or carrèlerais /ka.ʁɛl.ʁɛ/	carrellerais or carrèlerais /ka.ʁɛl.ʁɛ/	carrellerait or carrèlerait /ka.ʁɛl.ʁɛ/	carrellerions or carrèlerions /ka.ʁɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	carrelleriez or carrèleriez /ka.ʁɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ka.ʁe.lə.ʁje/	carrelleraient or carrèleraient /ka.ʁɛl.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	carrelle or carrèle /ka.ʁɛl/	carrelles or carrèles /ka.ʁɛl/	carrelle or carrèle /ka.ʁɛl/	carrelions /ka.ʁə.ljɔ̃/	carreliez /ka.ʁə.lje/	carrellent or carrèlent /ka.ʁɛl/
	imperfect2	carrelasse /kaʁ.las/	carrelasses /kaʁ.las/	carrelât /kaʁ.la/	carrelassions /kaʁ.la.sjɔ̃/	carrelassiez /kaʁ.la.sje/	carrelassent /kaʁ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	carrelle or carrèle /ka.ʁɛl/	—	carrelons /kaʁ.lɔ̃/	carrelez /kaʁ.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).

Related terms

• carreau

Further reading

• “carreler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.