gambiller

French

Etymology

From gambille +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃.bi.je/

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Verb

gambiller

1. (intransitive) to jig about
2. (intransitive) to dance

Conjugation

Conjugation of gambiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gambiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gambillant /ɡɑ̃.bi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gambillé /ɡɑ̃.bi.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gambille /ɡɑ̃.bij/	gambilles /ɡɑ̃.bij/	gambille /ɡɑ̃.bij/	gambillons /ɡɑ̃.bi.jɔ̃/	gambillez /ɡɑ̃.bi.je/	gambillent /ɡɑ̃.bij/
	imperfect	gambillais /ɡɑ̃.bi.jɛ/	gambillais /ɡɑ̃.bi.jɛ/	gambillait /ɡɑ̃.bi.jɛ/	gambillions /ɡɑ̃.bij.jɔ̃/	gambilliez /ɡɑ̃.bij.je/	gambillaient /ɡɑ̃.bi.jɛ/
	past historic2	gambillai /ɡɑ̃.bi.je/	gambillas /ɡɑ̃.bi.ja/	gambilla /ɡɑ̃.bi.ja/	gambillâmes /ɡɑ̃.bi.jam/	gambillâtes /ɡɑ̃.bi.jat/	gambillèrent /ɡɑ̃.bi.jɛʁ/
	future	gambillerai /ɡɑ̃.bij.ʁe/	gambilleras /ɡɑ̃.bij.ʁa/	gambillera /ɡɑ̃.bij.ʁa/	gambillerons /ɡɑ̃.bij.ʁɔ̃/	gambillerez /ɡɑ̃.bij.ʁe/	gambilleront /ɡɑ̃.bij.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gambillerais /ɡɑ̃.bij.ʁɛ/	gambillerais /ɡɑ̃.bij.ʁɛ/	gambillerait /ɡɑ̃.bij.ʁɛ/	gambillerions /ɡɑ̃.bi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	gambilleriez /ɡɑ̃.bi.jə.ʁje/	gambilleraient /ɡɑ̃.bij.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	gambille /ɡɑ̃.bij/	gambilles /ɡɑ̃.bij/	gambille /ɡɑ̃.bij/	gambillions /ɡɑ̃.bij.jɔ̃/	gambilliez /ɡɑ̃.bij.je/	gambillent /ɡɑ̃.bij/
	imperfect2	gambillasse /ɡɑ̃.bi.jas/	gambillasses /ɡɑ̃.bi.jas/	gambillât /ɡɑ̃.bi.ja/	gambillassions /ɡɑ̃.bi.ja.sjɔ̃/	gambillassiez /ɡɑ̃.bi.ja.sje/	gambillassent /ɡɑ̃.bi.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gambille /ɡɑ̃.bij/	—	gambillons /ɡɑ̃.bi.jɔ̃/	gambillez /ɡɑ̃.bi.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).

Further reading

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