marteler

French

Etymology

From Old French marteler.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [maʁtəle]

Verb

marteler

1. to strike with a hammer; to hammer
2. to shape or forge with a hammer
3. to emphasise individual elements such as words or notes
4. to repeat insistently

Conjugation

• This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ before a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il martèle rather than *il martele. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.

   Conjugation of marteler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		marteler			avoir or être martelé
gerund		en martelant			en ayant martelé or en étant martelé
present participle		martelant
past participle		martelé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	martèle	martèles	martèle	martelons	martelez	martèlent
	imperfect	martelais	martelais	martelait	martelions	marteliez	martelaient
	past historic1	martelai	martelas	martela	martelâmes	martelâtes	martelèrent
	future	martèlerai	martèleras	martèlera	martèlerons	martèlerez	martèleront
	conditional	martèlerais	martèlerais	martèlerait	martèlerions	martèleriez	martèleraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	martèle	martèles	martèle	martelions	marteliez	martèlent
	imperfect1	martelasse	martelasses	martelât	martelassions	martelassiez	martelassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	martèle	—	martelons	martelez	—
1literary tenses

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Old French

Etymology

martel +‎ -er

Verb

marteler

1. to strike with a hammer; to hammer
2. to shape or forge with a hammer

Conjugation

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

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		marteler			avoir martelé, martelez
gerund		en martelant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		martelant
past participle		martelé, martelez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	martele, martel	marteles, martels	martele, martel	martelons	martelez, martelés	martelent
	imperfect	marteloe, marteleie, marteloie	marteloes, marteleies, marteloies	martelot, marteleit, marteloit	martelions, marteliions	marteliez, marteliiez	marteloent, martelient, marteloient
	past historic	martelai	martelas	martela	martelames	martelastes	martelerent
	future	martelerai	marteleras	martelera	martelerons	martelerez, martelereiz	marteleront
	conditional	marteleroe, martelereie, marteleroie	marteleroes, martelereies, marteleroies	martelerot, martelereie, marteleroie	martelerions, marteleriions	marteleriez, marteleriiez	marteleroent, martelereient, marteleroient
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	martele, martel	marteles, martels	martele, martel	martelons	martelez	martelent
	imperfect	martelasse	martelasses	martelast	martelissons	martelissez, martelissiez	martelassent
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	–
		—	martele	—	martelons	martelez	—

Descendants

• French: marteler