pétiller

French

Etymology

pet +‎ -iller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.ti.je/

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Verb

pétiller

1. (intransitive, of a liquid) to fizz, to be fizzy, bubble, bubble up
2. (intransitive, of fire, flames etc.) to crackle
3. (intransitive, of eyes) to sparkle, twinkle, flutter

   Son sourire fit pétiller les yeux de son amant.

   Her smile brought a twinkle into her lover's eyes

Conjugation

Conjugation of pétiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pétiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pétillant /pe.ti.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pétillé /pe.ti.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pétille /pe.tij/	pétilles /pe.tij/	pétille /pe.tij/	pétillons /pe.ti.jɔ̃/	pétillez /pe.ti.je/	pétillent /pe.tij/
	imperfect	pétillais /pe.ti.jɛ/	pétillais /pe.ti.jɛ/	pétillait /pe.ti.jɛ/	pétillions /pe.tij.jɔ̃/	pétilliez /pe.tij.je/	pétillaient /pe.ti.jɛ/
	past historic2	pétillai /pe.ti.je/	pétillas /pe.ti.ja/	pétilla /pe.ti.ja/	pétillâmes /pe.ti.jam/	pétillâtes /pe.ti.jat/	pétillèrent /pe.ti.jɛʁ/
	future	pétillerai /pe.tij.ʁe/	pétilleras /pe.tij.ʁa/	pétillera /pe.tij.ʁa/	pétillerons /pe.tij.ʁɔ̃/	pétillerez /pe.tij.ʁe/	pétilleront /pe.tij.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pétillerais /pe.tij.ʁɛ/	pétillerais /pe.tij.ʁɛ/	pétillerait /pe.tij.ʁɛ/	pétillerions /pe.ti.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	pétilleriez /pe.ti.jə.ʁje/	pétilleraient /pe.tij.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	pétille /pe.tij/	pétilles /pe.tij/	pétille /pe.tij/	pétillions /pe.tij.jɔ̃/	pétilliez /pe.tij.je/	pétillent /pe.tij/
	imperfect2	pétillasse /pe.ti.jas/	pétillasses /pe.ti.jas/	pétillât /pe.ti.ja/	pétillassions /pe.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/	pétillassiez /pe.ti.ja.sje/	pétillassent /pe.ti.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pétille /pe.tij/	—	pétillons /pe.ti.jɔ̃/	pétillez /pe.ti.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).

Derived terms

• pétillant (adjective)
• pétillement

Further reading

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