tacler

French

Etymology

English to tackle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.kle/

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Verb

tacler

1. (soccer) to tackle
2. (figuratively) to tackle

Conjugation

Conjugation of tacler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tacler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	taclant /ta.klɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		taclé /ta.kle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tacle /takl/	tacles /takl/	tacle /takl/	taclons /ta.klɔ̃/	taclez /ta.kle/	taclent /takl/
	imperfect	taclais /ta.klɛ/	taclais /ta.klɛ/	taclait /ta.klɛ/	taclions /ta.kli.jɔ̃/	tacliez /ta.kli.je/	taclaient /ta.klɛ/
	past historic2	taclai /ta.kle/	taclas /ta.kla/	tacla /ta.kla/	taclâmes /ta.klam/	taclâtes /ta.klat/	taclèrent /ta.klɛʁ/
	future	taclerai /ta.klə.ʁe/	tacleras /ta.klə.ʁa/	taclera /ta.klə.ʁa/	taclerons /ta.klə.ʁɔ̃/	taclerez /ta.klə.ʁe/	tacleront /ta.klə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	taclerais /ta.klə.ʁɛ/	taclerais /ta.klə.ʁɛ/	taclerait /ta.klə.ʁɛ/	taclerions /ta.klə.ʁjɔ̃/	tacleriez /ta.klə.ʁje/	tacleraient /ta.klə.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	tacle /takl/	tacles /takl/	tacle /takl/	taclions /ta.kli.jɔ̃/	tacliez /ta.kli.je/	taclent /takl/
	imperfect2	taclasse /ta.klas/	taclasses /ta.klas/	taclât /ta.kla/	taclassions /ta.kla.sjɔ̃/	taclassiez /ta.kla.sje/	taclassent /ta.klas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tacle /takl/	—	taclons /ta.klɔ̃/	taclez /ta.kle/	—
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).

Related terms

• tacle

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cartel, clarté, rectal