manteler

French

Etymology

From Old French mantel from the Latin mantus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.tle/

Verb

manteler

1. (rare, obsolete) to put on or wear a coat or mantle

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il mantèle and the third-person singular future indicative il mantèlera.

Conjugation of manteler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	manteler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	mantelant /mɑ̃.tlɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		mantelé /mɑ̃.tle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mantèle /mɑ̃.tɛl/	mantèles /mɑ̃.tɛl/	mantèle /mɑ̃.tɛl/	mantelons /mɑ̃.tlɔ̃/	mantelez /mɑ̃.tle/	mantèlent /mɑ̃.tɛl/
	imperfect	mantelais /mɑ̃.tlɛ/	mantelais /mɑ̃.tlɛ/	mantelait /mɑ̃.tlɛ/	mantelions /mɑ̃.tə.ljɔ̃/	manteliez /mɑ̃.tə.lje/	mantelaient /mɑ̃.tlɛ/
	past historic2	mantelai /mɑ̃.tle/	mantelas /mɑ̃.tla/	mantela /mɑ̃.tla/	mantelâmes /mɑ̃.tlam/	mantelâtes /mɑ̃.tlat/	mantelèrent /mɑ̃.tlɛʁ/
	future	mantèlerai /mɑ̃.tɛl.ʁe/	mantèleras /mɑ̃.tɛl.ʁa/	mantèlera /mɑ̃.tɛl.ʁa/	mantèlerons /mɑ̃.tɛl.ʁɔ̃/	mantèlerez /mɑ̃.tɛl.ʁe/	mantèleront /mɑ̃.tɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	mantèlerais /mɑ̃.tɛl.ʁɛ/	mantèlerais /mɑ̃.tɛl.ʁɛ/	mantèlerait /mɑ̃.tɛl.ʁɛ/	mantèlerions /mɑ̃.tɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /mɑ̃.te.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	mantèleriez /mɑ̃.tɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /mɑ̃.te.lə.ʁje/	mantèleraient /mɑ̃.tɛl.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	mantèle /mɑ̃.tɛl/	mantèles /mɑ̃.tɛl/	mantèle /mɑ̃.tɛl/	mantelions /mɑ̃.tə.ljɔ̃/	manteliez /mɑ̃.tə.lje/	mantèlent /mɑ̃.tɛl/
	imperfect2	mantelasse /mɑ̃.tlas/	mantelasses /mɑ̃.tlas/	mantelât /mɑ̃.tla/	mantelassions /mɑ̃.tla.sjɔ̃/	mantelassiez /mɑ̃.tla.sje/	mantelassent /mɑ̃.tlas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mantèle /mɑ̃.tɛl/	—	mantelons /mɑ̃.tlɔ̃/	mantelez /mɑ̃.tle/	—
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).