grouiller
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French grouiller (“to shake, stir, agitate, scold, hasten, swarm, teem, crawl”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French grouiller (“to rumble”), alteration of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French grouller (“to growl”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch grollen (“to make a noise, rumble, growl, grunt, grumble, scold”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Dutch *grullen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gruljaną, *graljaną (“to shout, make angry, provoke”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with Middle High German grüllen (“to scorn, jeer”), Old English griellan (“to anger, provoke, vex”). More at grill.
Alternate etymology derives sense of crawl from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *grubilōn (“to dig, burrow, rummage, crawl”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *grubilōną (“to dig, search, ponder”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, scratch”). Cognate with German grübeln (“to brood over, mull over, speculate, ponder”), Old Norse grúfla (“to bend low, creep, crawl”). More at crawl.
Pronunciation
Verb
grouiller
- (intransitive) to mill about, swarm with people
- (intransitive) to swarm or crawl
- La place grouille de touristes. The square is crawling with tourists.
- (reflexive, colloquial) to hurry; to get a move on
- Grouille-toi, hein? Hurry up, will you?
- Synonym: magner
Conjugation
Conjugation of grouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | grouiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | grouillant /ɡʁu.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | grouillé /ɡʁu.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | grouille /ɡʁuj/ |
grouilles /ɡʁuj/ |
grouille /ɡʁuj/ |
grouillons /ɡʁu.jɔ̃/ |
grouillez /ɡʁu.je/ |
grouillent /ɡʁuj/ |
| imperfect | grouillais /ɡʁu.jɛ/ |
grouillais /ɡʁu.jɛ/ |
grouillait /ɡʁu.jɛ/ |
grouillions /ɡʁuj.jɔ̃/ |
grouilliez /ɡʁuj.je/ |
grouillaient /ɡʁu.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | grouillai /ɡʁu.je/ |
grouillas /ɡʁu.ja/ |
grouilla /ɡʁu.ja/ |
grouillâmes /ɡʁu.jam/ |
grouillâtes /ɡʁu.jat/ |
grouillèrent /ɡʁu.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | grouillerai /ɡʁuj.ʁe/ |
grouilleras /ɡʁuj.ʁa/ |
grouillera /ɡʁuj.ʁa/ |
grouillerons /ɡʁuj.ʁɔ̃/ |
grouillerez /ɡʁuj.ʁe/ |
grouilleront /ɡʁuj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | grouillerais /ɡʁuj.ʁɛ/ |
grouillerais /ɡʁuj.ʁɛ/ |
grouillerait /ɡʁuj.ʁɛ/ |
grouillerions /ɡʁu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
grouilleriez /ɡʁu.jə.ʁje/ |
grouilleraient /ɡʁuj.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 | grouille /ɡʁuj/ |
grouilles /ɡʁuj/ |
grouille /ɡʁuj/ |
grouillions /ɡʁuj.jɔ̃/ |
grouilliez /ɡʁuj.je/ |
grouillent /ɡʁuj/ |
| imperfect2 | grouillasse /ɡʁu.jas/ |
grouillasses /ɡʁu.jas/ |
grouillât /ɡʁu.ja/ |
grouillassions /ɡʁu.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
grouillassiez /ɡʁu.ja.sje/ |
grouillassent /ɡʁu.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | grouille /ɡʁuj/ |
— | grouillons /ɡʁu.jɔ̃/ |
grouillez /ɡʁu.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of se grouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se grouiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se grouillant /sə ɡʁu.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | grouillé /ɡʁu.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me grouille /mə ɡʁuj/ |
te grouilles /tə ɡʁuj/ |
se grouille /sə ɡʁuj/ |
nous grouillons /nu ɡʁu.jɔ̃/ |
vous grouillez /vu ɡʁu.je/ |
se grouillent /sə ɡʁuj/ |
| imperfect | me grouillais /mə ɡʁu.jɛ/ |
te grouillais /tə ɡʁu.jɛ/ |
se grouillait /sə ɡʁu.jɛ/ |
nous grouillions /nu ɡʁuj.jɔ̃/ |
vous grouilliez /vu ɡʁuj.je/ |
se grouillaient /sə ɡʁu.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me grouillai /mə ɡʁu.je/ |
te grouillas /tə ɡʁu.ja/ |
se grouilla /sə ɡʁu.ja/ |
nous grouillâmes /nu ɡʁu.jam/ |
vous grouillâtes /vu ɡʁu.jat/ |
se grouillèrent /sə ɡʁu.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | me grouillerai /mə ɡʁuj.ʁe/ |
te grouilleras /tə ɡʁuj.ʁa/ |
se grouillera /sə ɡʁuj.ʁa/ |
nous grouillerons /nu ɡʁuj.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous grouillerez /vu ɡʁuj.ʁe/ |
se grouilleront /sə ɡʁuj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me grouillerais /mə ɡʁuj.ʁɛ/ |
te grouillerais /tə ɡʁuj.ʁɛ/ |
se grouillerait /sə ɡʁuj.ʁɛ/ |
nous grouillerions /nu ɡʁu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous grouilleriez /vu ɡʁu.jə.ʁje/ |
se grouilleraient /sə ɡʁuj.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me grouille /mə ɡʁuj/ |
te grouilles /tə ɡʁuj/ |
se grouille /sə ɡʁuj/ |
nous grouillions /nu ɡʁuj.jɔ̃/ |
vous grouilliez /vu ɡʁuj.je/ |
se grouillent /sə ɡʁuj/ |
| imperfect2 | me grouillasse /mə ɡʁu.jas/ |
te grouillasses /tə ɡʁu.jas/ |
se grouillât /sə ɡʁu.ja/ |
nous grouillassions /nu ɡʁu.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
vous grouillassiez /vu ɡʁu.ja.sje/ |
se grouillassent /sə ɡʁu.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | grouille-toi /ɡʁuj.twa/ |
— | grouillons-nous /ɡʁu.jɔ̃.nu/ |
grouillez-vous /ɡʁu.je.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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
- “grouiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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