cercler

French

Etymology

From cercle +‎ -er

Verb

cercler (transitive)

1. To ring, hoop or encircle (with)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cercler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cercler			avoir cerclé
gerund		en cerclant			en ayant cerclé
present participle		cerclant
past participle		cerclé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	cercle	cercles	cercle	cerclons	cerclez	cerclent
	imperfect	cerclais	cerclais	cerclait	cerclions	cercliez	cerclaient
	past historic1	cerclai	cerclas	cercla	cerclâmes	cerclâtes	cerclèrent
	future	cerclerai	cercleras	cerclera	cerclerons	cerclerez	cercleront
	conditional	cerclerais	cerclerais	cerclerait	cerclerions	cercleriez	cercleraient
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 anterior1	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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	cercle	cercles	cercle	cerclions	cercliez	cerclent
	imperfect1	cerclasse	cerclasses	cerclât	cerclassions	cerclassiez	cerclassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	cercle	—	cerclons	cerclez	—
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