dodeliner
French
Etymology
From dodiner
Verb
dodeliner
- (transitive) to cradle, rock (e.g. a baby, in one's arms)
- (transitive) to sway, shake (e.g. a body part)
- dodeliner la tête - to nod/shake one's head
Conjugation
Conjugation of dodeliner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | dodeliner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | dodelinant /dɔ.dli.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | dodeliné /dɔ.dli.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ |
dodelines /dɔ.dlin/ |
dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ |
dodelinons /dɔ.dli.nɔ̃/ |
dodelinez /dɔ.dli.ne/ |
dodelinent /dɔ.dlin/ |
| imperfect | dodelinais /dɔ.dli.nɛ/ |
dodelinais /dɔ.dli.nɛ/ |
dodelinait /dɔ.dli.nɛ/ |
dodelinions /dɔ.dli.njɔ̃/ |
dodeliniez /dɔ.dli.nje/ |
dodelinaient /dɔ.dli.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | dodelinai /dɔ.dli.ne/ |
dodelinas /dɔ.dli.na/ |
dodelina /dɔ.dli.na/ |
dodelinâmes /dɔ.dli.nam/ |
dodelinâtes /dɔ.dli.nat/ |
dodelinèrent /dɔ.dli.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | dodelinerai /dɔ.dlin.ʁe/ |
dodelineras /dɔ.dlin.ʁa/ |
dodelinera /dɔ.dlin.ʁa/ |
dodelinerons /dɔ.dlin.ʁɔ̃/ |
dodelinerez /dɔ.dlin.ʁe/ |
dodelineront /dɔ.dlin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | dodelinerais /dɔ.dlin.ʁɛ/ |
dodelinerais /dɔ.dlin.ʁɛ/ |
dodelinerait /dɔ.dlin.ʁɛ/ |
dodelinerions /dɔ.dli.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dodelineriez /dɔ.dli.nə.ʁje/ |
dodelineraient /dɔ.dlin.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 | dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ |
dodelines /dɔ.dlin/ |
dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ |
dodelinions /dɔ.dli.njɔ̃/ |
dodeliniez /dɔ.dli.nje/ |
dodelinent /dɔ.dlin/ |
| imperfect2 | dodelinasse /dɔ.dli.nas/ |
dodelinasses /dɔ.dli.nas/ |
dodelinât /dɔ.dli.na/ |
dodelinassions /dɔ.dli.na.sjɔ̃/ |
dodelinassiez /dɔ.dli.na.sje/ |
dodelinassent /dɔ.dli.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ |
— | dodelinons /dɔ.dli.nɔ̃/ |
dodelinez /dɔ.dli.ne/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dodeliner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.