discutailler
French
Etymology
From discuter (“to discuss”) + -ailler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.ky.ta.je/ ~ /dis.ky.tɑ.je/
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Verb
discutailler
- (intransitive) to quibble
Conjugation
Conjugation of discutailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | discutailler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | discutaillant /dis.ky.ta.jɑ̃/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | discutaillé /dis.ky.ta.je/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | discutaille /dis.ky.taj/ or /dis.ky.tɑj/ |
discutailles /dis.ky.taj/ or /dis.ky.tɑj/ |
discutaille /dis.ky.taj/ or /dis.ky.tɑj/ |
discutaillons /dis.ky.ta.jɔ̃/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jɔ̃/ |
discutaillez /dis.ky.ta.je/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.je/ |
discutaillent /dis.ky.taj/ or /dis.ky.tɑj/ |
| imperfect | discutaillais /dis.ky.ta.jɛ/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jɛ/ |
discutaillais /dis.ky.ta.jɛ/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jɛ/ |
discutaillait /dis.ky.ta.jɛ/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jɛ/ |
discutaillions /dis.ky.taj.jɔ̃/ or /dis.ky.tɑj.jɔ̃/ |
discutailliez /dis.ky.taj.je/ or /dis.ky.tɑj.je/ |
discutaillaient /dis.ky.ta.jɛ/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | discutaillai /dis.ky.ta.je/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.je/ |
discutaillas /dis.ky.ta.ja/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.ja/ |
discutailla /dis.ky.ta.ja/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.ja/ |
discutaillâmes /dis.ky.ta.jam/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jam/ |
discutaillâtes /dis.ky.ta.jat/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jat/ |
discutaillèrent /dis.ky.ta.jɛʁ/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | discutaillerai /dis.ky.taj.ʁe/ or /dis.ky.tɑj.ʁe/ |
discutailleras /dis.ky.taj.ʁa/ or /dis.ky.tɑj.ʁa/ |
discutaillera /dis.ky.taj.ʁa/ or /dis.ky.tɑj.ʁa/ |
discutaillerons /dis.ky.taj.ʁɔ̃/ or /dis.ky.tɑj.ʁɔ̃/ |
discutaillerez /dis.ky.taj.ʁe/ or /dis.ky.tɑj.ʁe/ |
discutailleront /dis.ky.taj.ʁɔ̃/ or /dis.ky.tɑj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | discutaillerais /dis.ky.taj.ʁɛ/ or /dis.ky.tɑj.ʁɛ/ |
discutaillerais /dis.ky.taj.ʁɛ/ or /dis.ky.tɑj.ʁɛ/ |
discutaillerait /dis.ky.taj.ʁɛ/ or /dis.ky.tɑj.ʁɛ/ |
discutaillerions /dis.ky.ta.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
discutailleriez /dis.ky.ta.jə.ʁje/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jə.ʁje/ |
discutailleraient /dis.ky.taj.ʁɛ/ or /dis.ky.tɑj.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 | discutaille /dis.ky.taj/ or /dis.ky.tɑj/ |
discutailles /dis.ky.taj/ or /dis.ky.tɑj/ |
discutaille /dis.ky.taj/ or /dis.ky.tɑj/ |
discutaillions /dis.ky.taj.jɔ̃/ or /dis.ky.tɑj.jɔ̃/ |
discutailliez /dis.ky.taj.je/ or /dis.ky.tɑj.je/ |
discutaillent /dis.ky.taj/ or /dis.ky.tɑj/ |
| imperfect2 | discutaillasse /dis.ky.ta.jas/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jas/ |
discutaillasses /dis.ky.ta.jas/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jas/ |
discutaillât /dis.ky.ta.ja/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.ja/ |
discutaillassions /dis.ky.ta.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
discutaillassiez /dis.ky.ta.ja.sje/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.ja.sje/ |
discutaillassent /dis.ky.ta.jas/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | discutaille /dis.ky.taj/ or /dis.ky.tɑj/ |
— | discutaillons /dis.ky.ta.jɔ̃/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.jɔ̃/ |
discutaillez /dis.ky.ta.je/ or /dis.ky.tɑ.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “discutailler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.