fusiller

French

Etymology

From fusil +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.zi.je/

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Verb

fusiller

1. to shoot, to shoot down, to gun down (especially with a rifle, but also with other firearms)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fusiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fusiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fusillant /fy.zi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fusillé /fy.zi.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fusille /fy.zij/	fusilles /fy.zij/	fusille /fy.zij/	fusillons /fy.zi.jɔ̃/	fusillez /fy.zi.je/	fusillent /fy.zij/
	imperfect	fusillais /fy.zi.jɛ/	fusillais /fy.zi.jɛ/	fusillait /fy.zi.jɛ/	fusillions /fy.zij.jɔ̃/	fusilliez /fy.zij.je/	fusillaient /fy.zi.jɛ/
	past historic2	fusillai /fy.zi.je/	fusillas /fy.zi.ja/	fusilla /fy.zi.ja/	fusillâmes /fy.zi.jam/	fusillâtes /fy.zi.jat/	fusillèrent /fy.zi.jɛʁ/
	future	fusillerai /fy.zij.ʁe/	fusilleras /fy.zij.ʁa/	fusillera /fy.zij.ʁa/	fusillerons /fy.zij.ʁɔ̃/	fusillerez /fy.zij.ʁe/	fusilleront /fy.zij.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fusillerais /fy.zij.ʁɛ/	fusillerais /fy.zij.ʁɛ/	fusillerait /fy.zij.ʁɛ/	fusillerions /fy.zi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	fusilleriez /fy.zi.jə.ʁje/	fusilleraient /fy.zij.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	fusille /fy.zij/	fusilles /fy.zij/	fusille /fy.zij/	fusillions /fy.zij.jɔ̃/	fusilliez /fy.zij.je/	fusillent /fy.zij/
	imperfect2	fusillasse /fy.zi.jas/	fusillasses /fy.zi.jas/	fusillât /fy.zi.ja/	fusillassions /fy.zi.ja.sjɔ̃/	fusillassiez /fy.zi.ja.sje/	fusillassent /fy.zi.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fusille /fy.zij/	—	fusillons /fy.zi.jɔ̃/	fusillez /fy.zi.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).

Derived terms

• fusiller du regard

Related terms

• fusillade

Descendants

• Dutch: fusilleren

Further reading

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

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