grappiller

French

Alternative forms

• grapiller

Etymology

From grappe influenced by piller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.pi.je/

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Verb

grappiller

1. to pick (grapes in a vine after the main harvest)
2. (figurative) to scrape together, rake together

Conjugation

Conjugation of grappiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	grappiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	grappillant /ɡʁa.pi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		grappillé /ɡʁa.pi.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	grappille /ɡʁa.pij/	grappilles /ɡʁa.pij/	grappille /ɡʁa.pij/	grappillons /ɡʁa.pi.jɔ̃/	grappillez /ɡʁa.pi.je/	grappillent /ɡʁa.pij/
	imperfect	grappillais /ɡʁa.pi.jɛ/	grappillais /ɡʁa.pi.jɛ/	grappillait /ɡʁa.pi.jɛ/	grappillions /ɡʁa.pij.jɔ̃/	grappilliez /ɡʁa.pij.je/	grappillaient /ɡʁa.pi.jɛ/
	past historic2	grappillai /ɡʁa.pi.je/	grappillas /ɡʁa.pi.ja/	grappilla /ɡʁa.pi.ja/	grappillâmes /ɡʁa.pi.jam/	grappillâtes /ɡʁa.pi.jat/	grappillèrent /ɡʁa.pi.jɛʁ/
	future	grappillerai /ɡʁa.pij.ʁe/	grappilleras /ɡʁa.pij.ʁa/	grappillera /ɡʁa.pij.ʁa/	grappillerons /ɡʁa.pij.ʁɔ̃/	grappillerez /ɡʁa.pij.ʁe/	grappilleront /ɡʁa.pij.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	grappillerais /ɡʁa.pij.ʁɛ/	grappillerais /ɡʁa.pij.ʁɛ/	grappillerait /ɡʁa.pij.ʁɛ/	grappillerions /ɡʁa.pi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	grappilleriez /ɡʁa.pi.jə.ʁje/	grappilleraient /ɡʁa.pij.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	grappille /ɡʁa.pij/	grappilles /ɡʁa.pij/	grappille /ɡʁa.pij/	grappillions /ɡʁa.pij.jɔ̃/	grappilliez /ɡʁa.pij.je/	grappillent /ɡʁa.pij/
	imperfect2	grappillasse /ɡʁa.pi.jas/	grappillasses /ɡʁa.pi.jas/	grappillât /ɡʁa.pi.ja/	grappillassions /ɡʁa.pi.ja.sjɔ̃/	grappillassiez /ɡʁa.pi.ja.sje/	grappillassent /ɡʁa.pi.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	grappille /ɡʁa.pij/	—	grappillons /ɡʁa.pi.jɔ̃/	grappillez /ɡʁa.pi.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

• grappillage

Further reading

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