desseller

French

Etymology

From dé- +‎ seller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.sɛ.le/, /de.se.le/

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• Homophone: desceller

Verb

desseller

1. (transitive) to unsaddle
2. (reflexive, Louisiana) to roll up one's sleeves (in preparation for a fight)

Conjugation

Conjugation of desseller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	desseller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	dessellant /de.sɛ.lɑ̃/ or /de.se.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		dessellé /de.sɛ.le/ or /de.se.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	desselle /de.sɛl/	desselles /de.sɛl/	desselle /de.sɛl/	dessellons /de.sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /de.se.lɔ̃/	dessellez /de.sɛ.le/ or /de.se.le/	dessellent /de.sɛl/
	imperfect	dessellais /de.sɛ.lɛ/ or /de.se.lɛ/	dessellais /de.sɛ.lɛ/ or /de.se.lɛ/	dessellait /de.sɛ.lɛ/ or /de.se.lɛ/	dessellions /de.sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /de.se.ljɔ̃/	desselliez /de.sɛ.lje/ or /de.se.lje/	dessellaient /de.sɛ.lɛ/ or /de.se.lɛ/
	past historic2	dessellai /de.sɛ.le/ or /de.se.le/	dessellas /de.sɛ.la/ or /de.se.la/	dessella /de.sɛ.la/ or /de.se.la/	dessellâmes /de.sɛ.lam/ or /de.se.lam/	dessellâtes /de.sɛ.lat/ or /de.se.lat/	dessellèrent /de.sɛ.lɛʁ/ or /de.se.lɛʁ/
	future	dessellerai /de.sɛl.ʁe/	desselleras /de.sɛl.ʁa/	dessellera /de.sɛl.ʁa/	dessellerons /de.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/	dessellerez /de.sɛl.ʁe/	desselleront /de.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	dessellerais /de.sɛl.ʁɛ/	dessellerais /de.sɛl.ʁɛ/	dessellerait /de.sɛl.ʁɛ/	dessellerions /de.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	desselleriez /de.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /de.se.lə.ʁje/	desselleraient /de.sɛl.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	desselle /de.sɛl/	desselles /de.sɛl/	desselle /de.sɛl/	dessellions /de.sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /de.se.ljɔ̃/	desselliez /de.sɛ.lje/ or /de.se.lje/	dessellent /de.sɛl/
	imperfect2	dessellasse /de.sɛ.las/ or /de.se.las/	dessellasses /de.sɛ.las/ or /de.se.las/	dessellât /de.sɛ.la/ or /de.se.la/	dessellassions /de.sɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /de.se.la.sjɔ̃/	dessellassiez /de.sɛ.la.sje/ or /de.se.la.sje/	dessellassent /de.sɛ.las/ or /de.se.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	desselle /de.sɛl/	—	dessellons /de.sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /de.se.lɔ̃/	dessellez /de.sɛ.le/ or /de.se.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

• desselle-toi que je te monte

Further reading

• “desseller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)