disputailler

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.py.ta.je/ ~ /dis.py.tɑ.je/

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Verb

disputailler

1. (intransitive) to dispute about trifles

Conjugation

Conjugation of disputailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	disputailler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	disputaillant /dis.py.ta.jɑ̃/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		disputaillé /dis.py.ta.je/ or /dis.py.tɑ.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	disputaille /dis.py.taj/ or /dis.py.tɑj/	disputailles /dis.py.taj/ or /dis.py.tɑj/	disputaille /dis.py.taj/ or /dis.py.tɑj/	disputaillons /dis.py.ta.jɔ̃/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jɔ̃/	disputaillez /dis.py.ta.je/ or /dis.py.tɑ.je/	disputaillent /dis.py.taj/ or /dis.py.tɑj/
	imperfect	disputaillais /dis.py.ta.jɛ/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jɛ/	disputaillais /dis.py.ta.jɛ/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jɛ/	disputaillait /dis.py.ta.jɛ/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jɛ/	disputaillions /dis.py.taj.jɔ̃/ or /dis.py.tɑj.jɔ̃/	disputailliez /dis.py.taj.je/ or /dis.py.tɑj.je/	disputaillaient /dis.py.ta.jɛ/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jɛ/
	past historic2	disputaillai /dis.py.ta.je/ or /dis.py.tɑ.je/	disputaillas /dis.py.ta.ja/ or /dis.py.tɑ.ja/	disputailla /dis.py.ta.ja/ or /dis.py.tɑ.ja/	disputaillâmes /dis.py.ta.jam/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jam/	disputaillâtes /dis.py.ta.jat/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jat/	disputaillèrent /dis.py.ta.jɛʁ/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jɛʁ/
	future	disputaillerai /dis.py.taj.ʁe/ or /dis.py.tɑj.ʁe/	disputailleras /dis.py.taj.ʁa/ or /dis.py.tɑj.ʁa/	disputaillera /dis.py.taj.ʁa/ or /dis.py.tɑj.ʁa/	disputaillerons /dis.py.taj.ʁɔ̃/ or /dis.py.tɑj.ʁɔ̃/	disputaillerez /dis.py.taj.ʁe/ or /dis.py.tɑj.ʁe/	disputailleront /dis.py.taj.ʁɔ̃/ or /dis.py.tɑj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	disputaillerais /dis.py.taj.ʁɛ/ or /dis.py.tɑj.ʁɛ/	disputaillerais /dis.py.taj.ʁɛ/ or /dis.py.tɑj.ʁɛ/	disputaillerait /dis.py.taj.ʁɛ/ or /dis.py.tɑj.ʁɛ/	disputaillerions /dis.py.ta.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	disputailleriez /dis.py.ta.jə.ʁje/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jə.ʁje/	disputailleraient /dis.py.taj.ʁɛ/ or /dis.py.tɑj.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	disputaille /dis.py.taj/ or /dis.py.tɑj/	disputailles /dis.py.taj/ or /dis.py.tɑj/	disputaille /dis.py.taj/ or /dis.py.tɑj/	disputaillions /dis.py.taj.jɔ̃/ or /dis.py.tɑj.jɔ̃/	disputailliez /dis.py.taj.je/ or /dis.py.tɑj.je/	disputaillent /dis.py.taj/ or /dis.py.tɑj/
	imperfect2	disputaillasse /dis.py.ta.jas/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jas/	disputaillasses /dis.py.ta.jas/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jas/	disputaillât /dis.py.ta.ja/ or /dis.py.tɑ.ja/	disputaillassions /dis.py.ta.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /dis.py.tɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/	disputaillassiez /dis.py.ta.ja.sje/ or /dis.py.tɑ.ja.sje/	disputaillassent /dis.py.ta.jas/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	disputaille /dis.py.taj/ or /dis.py.tɑj/	—	disputaillons /dis.py.ta.jɔ̃/ or /dis.py.tɑ.jɔ̃/	disputaillez /dis.py.ta.je/ or /dis.py.tɑ.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).

Further reading

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