tailler
French
Etymology
From Old French taillier, from Late Latin taliare, present active infinitive of taliō, from Latin talea. Compare Italian tagliare, Romanian tăia, Spanish tajar.
Pronunciation
Verb
tailler
- (of a suit, garment etc.) to cut
- to sharpen
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, informal) to do one, to clear off
Conjugation
Conjugation of tailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | tailler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | taillant /ta.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | taillé /ta.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | taille /taj/ |
tailles /taj/ |
taille /taj/ |
taillons /ta.jɔ̃/ |
taillez /ta.je/ |
taillent /taj/ |
imperfect | taillais /ta.jɛ/ |
taillais /ta.jɛ/ |
taillait /ta.jɛ/ |
taillions /taj.jɔ̃/ |
tailliez /taj.je/ |
taillaient /ta.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | taillai /ta.je/ |
taillas /ta.ja/ |
tailla /ta.ja/ |
taillâmes /ta.jam/ |
taillâtes /ta.jat/ |
taillèrent /ta.jɛʁ/ | |
future | taillerai /taj.ʁe/ |
tailleras /taj.ʁa/ |
taillera /taj.ʁa/ |
taillerons /taj.ʁɔ̃/ |
taillerez /taj.ʁe/ |
tailleront /taj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | taillerais /taj.ʁɛ/ |
taillerais /taj.ʁɛ/ |
taillerait /taj.ʁɛ/ |
taillerions /ta.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tailleriez /ta.jə.ʁje/ |
tailleraient /taj.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 | taille /taj/ |
tailles /taj/ |
taille /taj/ |
taillions /taj.jɔ̃/ |
tailliez /taj.je/ |
taillent /taj/ |
imperfect2 | taillasse /ta.jas/ |
taillasses /ta.jas/ |
taillât /ta.ja/ |
taillassions /ta.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
taillassiez /ta.ja.sje/ |
taillassent /ta.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | taille /taj/ |
— | taillons /ta.jɔ̃/ |
taillez /ta.je/ |
— | |
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). |
Synonyms
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “tailler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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