annuler

English

Alternative forms

• annuller

Etymology

From annul +‎ -er.

Noun

annuler (plural annulers)

1. One who, or that which, annuls.

Translations

one who, or that which, annuls

• Portuguese: anulador m

Anagrams

• unlearn

French

Etymology

From Latin ad + nullus (“to nothing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ny.le/

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Verb

annuler

1. to cancel (to invalidate, to annul)

Conjugation

Conjugation of annuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	annuler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	annulant /a.ny.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		annulé /a.ny.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	annule /a.nyl/	annules /a.nyl/	annule /a.nyl/	annulons /a.ny.lɔ̃/	annulez /a.ny.le/	annulent /a.nyl/
	imperfect	annulais /a.ny.lɛ/	annulais /a.ny.lɛ/	annulait /a.ny.lɛ/	annulions /a.ny.ljɔ̃/	annuliez /a.ny.lje/	annulaient /a.ny.lɛ/
	past historic2	annulai /a.ny.le/	annulas /a.ny.la/	annula /a.ny.la/	annulâmes /a.ny.lam/	annulâtes /a.ny.lat/	annulèrent /a.ny.lɛʁ/
	future	annulerai /a.nyl.ʁe/	annuleras /a.nyl.ʁa/	annulera /a.nyl.ʁa/	annulerons /a.nyl.ʁɔ̃/	annulerez /a.nyl.ʁe/	annuleront /a.nyl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	annulerais /a.nyl.ʁɛ/	annulerais /a.nyl.ʁɛ/	annulerait /a.nyl.ʁɛ/	annulerions /a.ny.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	annuleriez /a.ny.lə.ʁje/	annuleraient /a.nyl.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	annule /a.nyl/	annules /a.nyl/	annule /a.nyl/	annulions /a.ny.ljɔ̃/	annuliez /a.ny.lje/	annulent /a.nyl/
	imperfect2	annulasse /a.ny.las/	annulasses /a.ny.las/	annulât /a.ny.la/	annulassions /a.ny.la.sjɔ̃/	annulassiez /a.ny.la.sje/	annulassent /a.ny.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	annule /a.nyl/	—	annulons /a.ny.lɔ̃/	annulez /a.ny.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).

Further reading

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