souler

See also: soûler

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *saiwalō

Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu

Old English sāwol

Middle English soule

English soul

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English souler

From soul + -er.

Noun

souler (plural soulers)

1. (historical) A mummer or guiser.
   • 2002, Kerr Cuhulain, Full Contact Magick: A Book of Shadows for the Wiccan Warrior:

     Often the soulers were children, who would sing their ancient souling-songs from door to door in return for gifts or food.

Anagrams

• louers, roules

French

Alternative forms

• saouler, soûler (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French saüler, from Latin satullāre, from satullus, diminutive of satur; cf. saturō, saturāre. Compare Italian satollare (“to stuff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.le/

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Verb

souler

1. (transitive) to get (someone) drunk, to inebriate
2. (transitive, literary) to fill up as if with food
3. (transitive) to confuse or extenuate with an unending flow of something
4. (transitive, figuratively) to intoxicate or overexcite
5. (reflexive) to get drunk, to inebriate oneself

   Synonyms: enivrer, tchoquer, griser

   se souler la gueule ― to get drunk

   • 1973, Jean Eustache, La Maman et la Putain, spoken by Alexandre:

     J'ai pris des bouteilles, on pourra toujours se souler la gueule n'importe où.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

6. (reflexive) to consume excessively of something; to gorge oneself on something
7. (transitive, slang) to exasperate

   Cette meuf me soule, elle m'envoie des messages en permanence alors que je m'en fous.

   This chick gets on my nerves; she keeps sending me messages I don't give a shit about.

   • 2003, “Elle me saoule”, performed by Singuila:

     Je sais qu'j'suis pas cool / Mais cette petite me saoule / Il m'faut de l'alcool ou j'vais devenir maboul

     I know I'm not cool / But shorty's got me vexed / I need some alcohol or I'm going to go crazy

Conjugation

Conjugation of souler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	souler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	soulant /su.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		soulé /su.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	soule /sul/	soules /sul/	soule /sul/	soulons /su.lɔ̃/	soulez /su.le/	soulent /sul/
	imperfect	soulais /su.lɛ/	soulais /su.lɛ/	soulait /su.lɛ/	soulions /su.ljɔ̃/	souliez /su.lje/	soulaient /su.lɛ/
	past historic2	soulai /su.le/	soulas /su.la/	soula /su.la/	soulâmes /su.lam/	soulâtes /su.lat/	soulèrent /su.lɛʁ/
	future	soulerai /sul.ʁe/	souleras /sul.ʁa/	soulera /sul.ʁa/	soulerons /sul.ʁɔ̃/	soulerez /sul.ʁe/	souleront /sul.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	soulerais /sul.ʁɛ/	soulerais /sul.ʁɛ/	soulerait /sul.ʁɛ/	soulerions /su.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	souleriez /su.lə.ʁje/	souleraient /sul.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	soule /sul/	soules /sul/	soule /sul/	soulions /su.ljɔ̃/	souliez /su.lje/	soulent /sul/
	imperfect2	soulasse /su.las/	soulasses /su.las/	soulât /su.la/	soulassions /su.la.sjɔ̃/	soulassiez /su.la.sje/	soulassent /su.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	soule /sul/	—	soulons /su.lɔ̃/	soulez /su.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).

Conjugation of se souler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se souler
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se soulant /sə su.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		soulé /su.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me soule /mə sul/	te soules /tə sul/	se soule /sə sul/	nous soulons /nu su.lɔ̃/	vous soulez /vu su.le/	se soulent /sə sul/
	imperfect	me soulais /mə su.lɛ/	te soulais /tə su.lɛ/	se soulait /sə su.lɛ/	nous soulions /nu su.ljɔ̃/	vous souliez /vu su.lje/	se soulaient /sə su.lɛ/
	past historic2	me soulai /mə su.le/	te soulas /tə su.la/	se soula /sə su.la/	nous soulâmes /nu su.lam/	vous soulâtes /vu su.lat/	se soulèrent /sə su.lɛʁ/
	future	me soulerai /mə sul.ʁe/	te souleras /tə sul.ʁa/	se soulera /sə sul.ʁa/	nous soulerons /nu sul.ʁɔ̃/	vous soulerez /vu sul.ʁe/	se souleront /sə sul.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me soulerais /mə sul.ʁɛ/	te soulerais /tə sul.ʁɛ/	se soulerait /sə sul.ʁɛ/	nous soulerions /nu su.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous souleriez /vu su.lə.ʁje/	se souleraient /sə sul.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me soule /mə sul/	te soules /tə sul/	se soule /sə sul/	nous soulions /nu su.ljɔ̃/	vous souliez /vu su.lje/	se soulent /sə sul/
	imperfect2	me soulasse /mə su.las/	te soulasses /tə su.las/	se soulât /sə su.la/	nous soulassions /nu su.la.sjɔ̃/	vous soulassiez /vu su.la.sje/	se soulassent /sə su.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	soule-toi /sul.twa/	—	soulons-nous /su.lɔ̃.nu/	soulez-vous /su.le.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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).

Related terms

• soul
• dessouler

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ourles, résolu, roules, roulés

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

souler

1. (Jersey) to be used to

Old French

Noun

souler oblique singular, m (oblique plural soulers, nominative singular soulers, nominative plural souler)

1. shoe