émuler

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.my.le/

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Verb

émuler

1. to emulate
2. (computing) to emulate

Conjugation

Conjugation of émuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	émuler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	émulant /e.my.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		émulé /e.my.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	émule /e.myl/	émules /e.myl/	émule /e.myl/	émulons /e.my.lɔ̃/	émulez /e.my.le/	émulent /e.myl/
	imperfect	émulais /e.my.lɛ/	émulais /e.my.lɛ/	émulait /e.my.lɛ/	émulions /e.my.ljɔ̃/	émuliez /e.my.lje/	émulaient /e.my.lɛ/
	past historic2	émulai /e.my.le/	émulas /e.my.la/	émula /e.my.la/	émulâmes /e.my.lam/	émulâtes /e.my.lat/	émulèrent /e.my.lɛʁ/
	future	émulerai /e.myl.ʁe/	émuleras /e.myl.ʁa/	émulera /e.myl.ʁa/	émulerons /e.myl.ʁɔ̃/	émulerez /e.myl.ʁe/	émuleront /e.myl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	émulerais /e.myl.ʁɛ/	émulerais /e.myl.ʁɛ/	émulerait /e.myl.ʁɛ/	émulerions /e.my.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	émuleriez /e.my.lə.ʁje/	émuleraient /e.myl.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	émule /e.myl/	émules /e.myl/	émule /e.myl/	émulions /e.my.ljɔ̃/	émuliez /e.my.lje/	émulent /e.myl/
	imperfect2	émulasse /e.my.las/	émulasses /e.my.las/	émulât /e.my.la/	émulassions /e.my.la.sjɔ̃/	émulassiez /e.my.la.sje/	émulassent /e.my.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	émule /e.myl/	—	émulons /e.my.lɔ̃/	émulez /e.my.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).

Derived terms

• émulateur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lémure, meuler