cisailler

French

Etymology

From cisailles +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.za.je/ ~ /si.zɑ.je/

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Verb

cisailler

1. (transitive) to clip, shear

Conjugation

Conjugation of cisailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cisailler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cisaillant /si.za.jɑ̃/ or /si.zɑ.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cisaillé /si.za.je/ or /si.zɑ.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cisaille /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/	cisailles /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/	cisaille /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/	cisaillons /si.za.jɔ̃/ or /si.zɑ.jɔ̃/	cisaillez /si.za.je/ or /si.zɑ.je/	cisaillent /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/
	imperfect	cisaillais /si.za.jɛ/ or /si.zɑ.jɛ/	cisaillais /si.za.jɛ/ or /si.zɑ.jɛ/	cisaillait /si.za.jɛ/ or /si.zɑ.jɛ/	cisaillions /si.zaj.jɔ̃/ or /si.zɑj.jɔ̃/	cisailliez /si.zaj.je/ or /si.zɑj.je/	cisaillaient /si.za.jɛ/ or /si.zɑ.jɛ/
	past historic2	cisaillai /si.za.je/ or /si.zɑ.je/	cisaillas /si.za.ja/ or /si.zɑ.ja/	cisailla /si.za.ja/ or /si.zɑ.ja/	cisaillâmes /si.za.jam/ or /si.zɑ.jam/	cisaillâtes /si.za.jat/ or /si.zɑ.jat/	cisaillèrent /si.za.jɛʁ/ or /si.zɑ.jɛʁ/
	future	cisaillerai /si.zaj.ʁe/ or /si.zɑj.ʁe/	cisailleras /si.zaj.ʁa/ or /si.zɑj.ʁa/	cisaillera /si.zaj.ʁa/ or /si.zɑj.ʁa/	cisaillerons /si.zaj.ʁɔ̃/ or /si.zɑj.ʁɔ̃/	cisaillerez /si.zaj.ʁe/ or /si.zɑj.ʁe/	cisailleront /si.zaj.ʁɔ̃/ or /si.zɑj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cisaillerais /si.zaj.ʁɛ/ or /si.zɑj.ʁɛ/	cisaillerais /si.zaj.ʁɛ/ or /si.zɑj.ʁɛ/	cisaillerait /si.zaj.ʁɛ/ or /si.zɑj.ʁɛ/	cisaillerions /si.za.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /si.zɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	cisailleriez /si.za.jə.ʁje/ or /si.zɑ.jə.ʁje/	cisailleraient /si.zaj.ʁɛ/ or /si.zɑj.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	cisaille /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/	cisailles /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/	cisaille /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/	cisaillions /si.zaj.jɔ̃/ or /si.zɑj.jɔ̃/	cisailliez /si.zaj.je/ or /si.zɑj.je/	cisaillent /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/
	imperfect2	cisaillasse /si.za.jas/ or /si.zɑ.jas/	cisaillasses /si.za.jas/ or /si.zɑ.jas/	cisaillât /si.za.ja/ or /si.zɑ.ja/	cisaillassions /si.za.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /si.zɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/	cisaillassiez /si.za.ja.sje/ or /si.zɑ.ja.sje/	cisaillassent /si.za.jas/ or /si.zɑ.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cisaille /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/	—	cisaillons /si.za.jɔ̃/ or /si.zɑ.jɔ̃/	cisaillez /si.za.je/ or /si.zɑ.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

• cisaillement

Further reading

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