guiller

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ghiller, from Middle Dutch gilen (“to ferment”). The word was introduced into Walloon, Flemish and Picard at a time when the brewing industry was flourishing in the Low Country.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.je/

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Verb

guiller

1. to ferment, to cause the yeast to overflow from the barrel/keg

Conjugation

Conjugation of guiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	guiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	guillant /ɡi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		guillé /ɡi.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	guille /ɡij/	guilles /ɡij/	guille /ɡij/	guillons /ɡi.jɔ̃/	guillez /ɡi.je/	guillent /ɡij/
	imperfect	guillais /ɡi.jɛ/	guillais /ɡi.jɛ/	guillait /ɡi.jɛ/	guillions /ɡij.jɔ̃/	guilliez /ɡij.je/	guillaient /ɡi.jɛ/
	past historic2	guillai /ɡi.je/	guillas /ɡi.ja/	guilla /ɡi.ja/	guillâmes /ɡi.jam/	guillâtes /ɡi.jat/	guillèrent /ɡi.jɛʁ/
	future	guillerai /ɡij.ʁe/	guilleras /ɡij.ʁa/	guillera /ɡij.ʁa/	guillerons /ɡij.ʁɔ̃/	guillerez /ɡij.ʁe/	guilleront /ɡij.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	guillerais /ɡij.ʁɛ/	guillerais /ɡij.ʁɛ/	guillerait /ɡij.ʁɛ/	guillerions /ɡi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	guilleriez /ɡi.jə.ʁje/	guilleraient /ɡij.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	guille /ɡij/	guilles /ɡij/	guille /ɡij/	guillions /ɡij.jɔ̃/	guilliez /ɡij.je/	guillent /ɡij/
	imperfect2	guillasse /ɡi.jas/	guillasses /ɡi.jas/	guillât /ɡi.ja/	guillassions /ɡi.ja.sjɔ̃/	guillassiez /ɡi.ja.sje/	guillassent /ɡi.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	guille /ɡij/	—	guillons /ɡi.jɔ̃/	guillez /ɡi.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).

Further reading

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