régler

See also: regler

French

Etymology

règle +‎ -er, or borrowed from Latin rēgulāre, present active infinitive of rēgulō. See also réguler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡle/

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Verb

régler

1. to sort out, to settle (a problem, a bill)

   On va régler le problème tout de suite.

   We will sort out that problem immediately.

2. to set, to adjust

   Régler le réveil pour 8 heures.

   Set the alarm for 8 o'clock.

3. to regulate
4. to rule; to put lines on.

   Régler le papier.

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written 'é') and /ɛ/ (written 'è'), with the latter being used before mute 'e'. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written régler-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written règler-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.

Conjugation of régler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	régler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	réglant /ʁe.ɡlɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		réglé /ʁe.ɡle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	règle /ʁɛɡl/	règles /ʁɛɡl/	règle /ʁɛɡl/	réglons /ʁe.ɡlɔ̃/	réglez /ʁe.ɡle/	règlent /ʁɛɡl/
	imperfect	réglais /ʁe.ɡlɛ/	réglais /ʁe.ɡlɛ/	réglait /ʁe.ɡlɛ/	réglions /ʁe.ɡli.jɔ̃/	régliez /ʁe.ɡli.je/	réglaient /ʁe.ɡlɛ/
	past historic2	réglai /ʁe.ɡle/	réglas /ʁe.ɡla/	régla /ʁe.ɡla/	réglâmes /ʁe.ɡlam/	réglâtes /ʁe.ɡlat/	réglèrent /ʁe.ɡlɛʁ/
	future	règlerai or réglerai /ʁɛ.ɡlə.ʁe/ or /ʁe.ɡlə.ʁe/	règleras or régleras /ʁɛ.ɡlə.ʁa/ or /ʁe.ɡlə.ʁa/	règlera or réglera /ʁɛ.ɡlə.ʁa/ or /ʁe.ɡlə.ʁa/	règlerons or réglerons /ʁɛ.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/	règlerez or réglerez /ʁɛ.ɡlə.ʁe/ or /ʁe.ɡlə.ʁe/	règleront or régleront /ʁɛ.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	règlerais or réglerais /ʁɛ.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ɡlə.ʁɛ/	règlerais or réglerais /ʁɛ.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ɡlə.ʁɛ/	règlerait or réglerait /ʁɛ.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ɡlə.ʁɛ/	règlerions or réglerions /ʁɛ.ɡlə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ɡlə.ʁjɔ̃/	règleriez or régleriez /ʁɛ.ɡlə.ʁje/ or /ʁe.ɡlə.ʁje/	règleraient or régleraient /ʁɛ.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ɡlə.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	règle /ʁɛɡl/	règles /ʁɛɡl/	règle /ʁɛɡl/	réglions /ʁe.ɡli.jɔ̃/	régliez /ʁe.ɡli.je/	règlent /ʁɛɡl/
	imperfect2	réglasse /ʁe.ɡlas/	réglasses /ʁe.ɡlas/	réglât /ʁe.ɡla/	réglassions /ʁe.ɡla.sjɔ̃/	réglassiez /ʁe.ɡla.sje/	réglassent /ʁe.ɡlas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	règle /ʁɛɡl/	—	réglons /ʁe.ɡlɔ̃/	réglez /ʁe.ɡle/	—
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).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• dérégler
• réglé
• règlement

• régler sur
• régleur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• grêler