fêler
See also: feler
French
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *fagellare, from Latin flagellare.
Pronunciation
Verb
fêler
- (transitive) to crack
- (pronominal) to crack
Conjugation
Conjugation of fêler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | fêler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | fêlant /fɛ.lɑ̃/ or /fe.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | fêlé /fɛ.le/ or /fe.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | fêle /fɛl/ |
fêles /fɛl/ |
fêle /fɛl/ |
fêlons /fɛ.lɔ̃/ or /fe.lɔ̃/ |
fêlez /fɛ.le/ or /fe.le/ |
fêlent /fɛl/ |
| imperfect | fêlais /fɛ.lɛ/ or /fe.lɛ/ |
fêlais /fɛ.lɛ/ or /fe.lɛ/ |
fêlait /fɛ.lɛ/ or /fe.lɛ/ |
fêlions /fɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /fe.ljɔ̃/ |
fêliez /fɛ.lje/ or /fe.lje/ |
fêlaient /fɛ.lɛ/ or /fe.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | fêlai /fɛ.le/ or /fe.le/ |
fêlas /fɛ.la/ or /fe.la/ |
fêla /fɛ.la/ or /fe.la/ |
fêlâmes /fɛ.lam/ or /fe.lam/ |
fêlâtes /fɛ.lat/ or /fe.lat/ |
fêlèrent /fɛ.lɛʁ/ or /fe.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | fêlerai /fɛl.ʁe/ |
fêleras /fɛl.ʁa/ |
fêlera /fɛl.ʁa/ |
fêlerons /fɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
fêlerez /fɛl.ʁe/ |
fêleront /fɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | fêlerais /fɛl.ʁɛ/ |
fêlerais /fɛl.ʁɛ/ |
fêlerait /fɛl.ʁɛ/ |
fêlerions /fɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fêleriez /fɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /fe.lə.ʁje/ |
fêleraient /fɛl.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 | fêle /fɛl/ |
fêles /fɛl/ |
fêle /fɛl/ |
fêlions /fɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /fe.ljɔ̃/ |
fêliez /fɛ.lje/ or /fe.lje/ |
fêlent /fɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | fêlasse /fɛ.las/ or /fe.las/ |
fêlasses /fɛ.las/ or /fe.las/ |
fêlât /fɛ.la/ or /fe.la/ |
fêlassions /fɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.la.sjɔ̃/ |
fêlassiez /fɛ.la.sje/ or /fe.la.sje/ |
fêlassent /fɛ.las/ or /fe.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | fêle /fɛl/ |
— | fêlons /fɛ.lɔ̃/ or /fe.lɔ̃/ |
fêlez /fɛ.le/ or /fe.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fêler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.