congeler
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin congelo, congelare.
Pronunciation
Verb
congeler
- freeze (to lower something's temperature to freezing point)
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il congèle and the third-person singular future indicative il congèlera.
Conjugation of congeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | congeler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | congelant /kɔ̃ʒ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | congelé /kɔ̃ʒ.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
congèles /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
congelons /kɔ̃ʒ.lɔ̃/ |
congelez /kɔ̃ʒ.le/ |
congèlent /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
| imperfect | congelais /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/ |
congelais /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/ |
congelait /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/ |
congelions /kɔ̃.ʒə.ljɔ̃/ |
congeliez /kɔ̃.ʒə.lje/ |
congelaient /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | congelai /kɔ̃ʒ.le/ |
congelas /kɔ̃ʒ.la/ |
congela /kɔ̃ʒ.la/ |
congelâmes /kɔ̃ʒ.lam/ |
congelâtes /kɔ̃ʒ.lat/ |
congelèrent /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | congèlerai /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁe/ |
congèleras /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁa/ |
congèlera /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁa/ |
congèlerons /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
congèlerez /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁe/ |
congèleront /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | congèlerais /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
congèlerais /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
congèlerait /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
congèlerions /kɔ̃.ʒɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ʒe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
congèleriez /kɔ̃.ʒɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /kɔ̃.ʒe.lə.ʁje/ |
congèleraient /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.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 | congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
congèles /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
congelions /kɔ̃.ʒə.ljɔ̃/ |
congeliez /kɔ̃.ʒə.lje/ |
congèlent /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | congelasse /kɔ̃ʒ.las/ |
congelasses /kɔ̃ʒ.las/ |
congelât /kɔ̃ʒ.la/ |
congelassions /kɔ̃ʒ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
congelassiez /kɔ̃ʒ.la.sje/ |
congelassent /kɔ̃ʒ.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ |
— | congelons /kɔ̃ʒ.lɔ̃/ |
congelez /kɔ̃ʒ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “congeler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.