hululer
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ululō, ululāre. Doublet of hurler, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /y.ly.le/
Verb
hululer
- (intransitive) to hoot (to make the cry of an owl)
Conjugation
Conjugation of hululer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | hululer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | hululant /y.ly.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | hululé /y.ly.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | hulule /y.lyl/ |
hulules /y.lyl/ |
hulule /y.lyl/ |
hululons /y.ly.lɔ̃/ |
hululez /y.ly.le/ |
hululent /y.lyl/ |
| imperfect | hululais /y.ly.lɛ/ |
hululais /y.ly.lɛ/ |
hululait /y.ly.lɛ/ |
hululions /y.ly.ljɔ̃/ |
hululiez /y.ly.lje/ |
hululaient /y.ly.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | hululai /y.ly.le/ |
hululas /y.ly.la/ |
hulula /y.ly.la/ |
hululâmes /y.ly.lam/ |
hululâtes /y.ly.lat/ |
hululèrent /y.ly.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | hululerai /y.lyl.ʁe/ |
hululeras /y.lyl.ʁa/ |
hululera /y.lyl.ʁa/ |
hululerons /y.lyl.ʁɔ̃/ |
hululerez /y.lyl.ʁe/ |
hululeront /y.lyl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | hululerais /y.lyl.ʁɛ/ |
hululerais /y.lyl.ʁɛ/ |
hululerait /y.lyl.ʁɛ/ |
hululerions /y.ly.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
hululeriez /y.ly.lə.ʁje/ |
hululeraient /y.lyl.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 | hulule /y.lyl/ |
hulules /y.lyl/ |
hulule /y.lyl/ |
hululions /y.ly.ljɔ̃/ |
hululiez /y.ly.lje/ |
hululent /y.lyl/ |
| imperfect2 | hululasse /y.ly.las/ |
hululasses /y.ly.las/ |
hululât /y.ly.la/ |
hululassions /y.ly.la.sjɔ̃/ |
hululassiez /y.ly.la.sje/ |
hululassent /y.ly.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | hulule /y.lyl/ |
— | hululons /y.ly.lɔ̃/ |
hululez /y.ly.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
- “hululer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.