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geler
geler
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒ(ə)le/
Etymology
From Old French geler, from Latin gelāre, present active infinitive of gelō.
Verb
geler
- to freeze
- (impersonal, weather) to be very cold
Derived terms
Related terms
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il gèle rather than *il gele. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of geler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | geler | avoir gelé | |||||
| gerund | en gelant | en ayant gelé | |||||
| present participle | gelant /ʒə.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | gelé /ʒə.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | gèle /ʒɛl/ |
gèles /ʒɛl/ |
gèle /ʒɛl/ |
gelons /ʒə.lɔ̃/ |
gelez /ʒə.le/ |
gèlent /ʒɛl/ |
| imperfect | gelais /ʒə.lɛ/ |
gelais /ʒə.lɛ/ |
gelait /ʒə.lɛ/ |
gelions /ʒə.ljɔ̃/ |
geliez /ʒə.lje/ |
gelaient /ʒə.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | gelai /ʒə.le/ |
gelas /ʒə.la/ |
gela /ʒə.la/ |
gelâmes /ʒə.lam/ |
gelâtes /ʒə.lat/ |
gelèrent /ʒə.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | gèlerai /ʒɛl.ʁe/ |
gèleras /ʒɛl.ʁa/ |
gèlera /ʒɛl.ʁa/ |
gèlerons /ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
gèlerez /ʒɛl.ʁe/ |
gèleront /ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | gèlerais /ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
gèlerais /ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
gèlerait /ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
gèlerions /ʒɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gèleriez /ʒɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
gèleraient /ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | gèle /ʒɛl/ |
gèles /ʒɛl/ |
gèle /ʒɛl/ |
gelions /ʒə.ljɔ̃/ |
geliez /ʒə.lje/ |
gèlent /ʒɛl/ |
| imperfect1 |
gelasse /ʒə.las/ |
gelasses /ʒə.las/ |
gelât /ʒə.la/ |
gelassions /ʒə.la.sjɔ̃/ |
gelassiez /ʒə.la.sje/ |
gelassent /ʒə.las/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | gèle /ʒɛl/ |
— | gelons /ʒə.lɔ̃/ |
gelez /ʒə.le/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
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Adjective
geler
- strong masculine singular nominative form of gel.
- strong feminine singular genitive form of gel.
- strong feminine singular dative form of gel.
- strong plural genitive form of gel.
- mixed masculine singular nominative form of gel.
- predicative comparative form of gel.
Old French
Verb
geler
- (transitive, intransitive) to freeze
- (intransitive or reflexive) to be very cold
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-iels, *-ielt are modified to ieus, ieut. This verb has a stressed present stem giel distinct from the unstressed stem gel. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of geler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | geler | avoir gelé | |||||
| gerund | en gelant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | gelant | ||||||
| past participle | gelé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | giel | gieles | giele | gelons | gelez | gielent |
| imperfect | geloie, geleie, geloe, geleve | geloies, geleies, geloes, geleves | geloit, geleit, gelot, geleve | geliiens, geliens | geliiez, geliez | geloient, geleient, geloent, gelevent | |
| preterite | gelai | gelas | gela | gelames | gelastes | gelerent | |
| future | gelerai | geleras | gelera | gelerons | geleroiz, gelereiz, gelerez | geleront | |
| conditional | geleroie, gelereie | geleroies, gelereies | geleroit, gelereit | geleriiens, geleriens | geleriiez, geleriez | geleroient, gelereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | giel | gieus | gieut | gelons | gelez | gielent |
| imperfect | gelasse | gelasses | gelast | gelissons, gelissiens | gelissoiz, gelissez, gelissiez | gelassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | giele | — | gelons | gelez | — | ||