ciller

See also: çiller and Çiller

French

Etymology

From cil (“eyelash”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.je/
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Verb

ciller

  1. to blink
  2. to bat an eyelash

Conjugation

Conjugation of ciller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ciller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cillant
/si.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cillé
/si.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cille
/sij/ 		cilles
/sij/ 		cille
/sij/ 		cillons
/si.jɔ̃/ 		cillez
/si.je/ 		cillent
/sij/
imperfect cillais
/si.jɛ/ 		cillais
/si.jɛ/ 		cillait
/si.jɛ/ 		cillions
/sij.jɔ̃/ 		cilliez
/sij.je/ 		cillaient
/si.jɛ/
past historic2 cillai
/si.je/ 		cillas
/si.ja/ 		cilla
/si.ja/ 		cillâmes
/si.jam/ 		cillâtes
/si.jat/ 		cillèrent
/si.jɛʁ/
future cillerai
/sij.ʁe/ 		cilleras
/sij.ʁa/ 		cillera
/sij.ʁa/ 		cillerons
/sij.ʁɔ̃/ 		cillerez
/sij.ʁe/ 		cilleront
/sij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cillerais
/sij.ʁɛ/ 		cillerais
/sij.ʁɛ/ 		cillerait
/sij.ʁɛ/ 		cillerions
/si.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cilleriez
/si.jə.ʁje/ 		cilleraient
/sij.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 cille
/sij/ 		cilles
/sij/ 		cille
/sij/ 		cillions
/sij.jɔ̃/ 		cilliez
/sij.je/ 		cillent
/sij/
imperfect2 cillasse
/si.jas/ 		cillasses
/si.jas/ 		cillât
/si.ja/ 		cillassions
/si.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		cillassiez
/si.ja.sje/ 		cillassent
/si.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cille
/sij/ 		— cillons
/si.jɔ̃/ 		cillez
/si.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:
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).

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