jumeler

French

Etymology

From jumeau +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒym.le/

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Verb

jumeler

1. (transitive) to twin

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of jumeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	jumeler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	jumelant /ʒym.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		jumelé /ʒym.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	jumelle or jumèle /ʒy.mɛl/	jumelles or jumèles /ʒy.mɛl/	jumelle or jumèle /ʒy.mɛl/	jumelons /ʒym.lɔ̃/	jumelez /ʒym.le/	jumellent or jumèlent /ʒy.mɛl/
	imperfect	jumelais /ʒym.lɛ/	jumelais /ʒym.lɛ/	jumelait /ʒym.lɛ/	jumelions /ʒy.mə.ljɔ̃/	jumeliez /ʒy.mə.lje/	jumelaient /ʒym.lɛ/
	past historic2	jumelai /ʒym.le/	jumelas /ʒym.la/	jumela /ʒym.la/	jumelâmes /ʒym.lam/	jumelâtes /ʒym.lat/	jumelèrent /ʒym.lɛʁ/
	future	jumellerai or jumèlerai /ʒy.mɛl.ʁe/	jumelleras or jumèleras /ʒy.mɛl.ʁa/	jumellera or jumèlera /ʒy.mɛl.ʁa/	jumellerons or jumèlerons /ʒy.mɛl.ʁɔ̃/	jumellerez or jumèlerez /ʒy.mɛl.ʁe/	jumelleront or jumèleront /ʒy.mɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	jumellerais or jumèlerais /ʒy.mɛl.ʁɛ/	jumellerais or jumèlerais /ʒy.mɛl.ʁɛ/	jumellerait or jumèlerait /ʒy.mɛl.ʁɛ/	jumellerions or jumèlerions /ʒy.mɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʒy.me.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	jumelleriez or jumèleriez /ʒy.mɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ʒy.me.lə.ʁje/	jumelleraient or jumèleraient /ʒy.mɛl.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	jumelle or jumèle /ʒy.mɛl/	jumelles or jumèles /ʒy.mɛl/	jumelle or jumèle /ʒy.mɛl/	jumelions /ʒy.mə.ljɔ̃/	jumeliez /ʒy.mə.lje/	jumellent or jumèlent /ʒy.mɛl/
	imperfect2	jumelasse /ʒym.las/	jumelasses /ʒym.las/	jumelât /ʒym.la/	jumelassions /ʒym.la.sjɔ̃/	jumelassiez /ʒym.la.sje/	jumelassent /ʒym.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	jumelle or jumèle /ʒy.mɛl/	—	jumelons /ʒym.lɔ̃/	jumelez /ʒym.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: 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

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