effiler
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
effiler
- (transitive) to thin, taper
- (transitive) to fray
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of effiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | effiler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | effilant /e.fi.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | effilé /e.fi.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | effile /e.fil/ |
effiles /e.fil/ |
effile /e.fil/ |
effilons /e.fi.lɔ̃/ |
effilez /e.fi.le/ |
effilent /e.fil/ |
| imperfect | effilais /e.fi.lɛ/ |
effilais /e.fi.lɛ/ |
effilait /e.fi.lɛ/ |
effilions /e.fi.ljɔ̃/ |
effiliez /e.fi.lje/ |
effilaient /e.fi.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | effilai /e.fi.le/ |
effilas /e.fi.la/ |
effila /e.fi.la/ |
effilâmes /e.fi.lam/ |
effilâtes /e.fi.lat/ |
effilèrent /e.fi.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | effilerai /e.fil.ʁe/ |
effileras /e.fil.ʁa/ |
effilera /e.fil.ʁa/ |
effilerons /e.fil.ʁɔ̃/ |
effilerez /e.fil.ʁe/ |
effileront /e.fil.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | effilerais /e.fil.ʁɛ/ |
effilerais /e.fil.ʁɛ/ |
effilerait /e.fil.ʁɛ/ |
effilerions /e.fi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
effileriez /e.fi.lə.ʁje/ |
effileraient /e.fil.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 | effile /e.fil/ |
effiles /e.fil/ |
effile /e.fil/ |
effilions /e.fi.ljɔ̃/ |
effiliez /e.fi.lje/ |
effilent /e.fil/ |
| imperfect2 | effilasse /e.fi.las/ |
effilasses /e.fi.las/ |
effilât /e.fi.la/ |
effilassions /e.fi.la.sjɔ̃/ |
effilassiez /e.fi.la.sje/ |
effilassent /e.fi.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | effile /e.fil/ |
— | effilons /e.fi.lɔ̃/ |
effilez /e.fi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading[edit]
- “effiler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.