floculer
French
Etymology
From Latin flocculus (“small flake”).
Pronunciation
Verb
floculer
- to flocculate
Conjugation
Conjugation of floculer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | floculer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | floculant /flɔ.ky.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | floculé /flɔ.ky.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | flocule /flɔ.kyl/ |
flocules /flɔ.kyl/ |
flocule /flɔ.kyl/ |
floculons /flɔ.ky.lɔ̃/ |
floculez /flɔ.ky.le/ |
floculent /flɔ.kyl/ |
| imperfect | floculais /flɔ.ky.lɛ/ |
floculais /flɔ.ky.lɛ/ |
floculait /flɔ.ky.lɛ/ |
floculions /flɔ.ky.ljɔ̃/ |
floculiez /flɔ.ky.lje/ |
floculaient /flɔ.ky.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | floculai /flɔ.ky.le/ |
floculas /flɔ.ky.la/ |
flocula /flɔ.ky.la/ |
floculâmes /flɔ.ky.lam/ |
floculâtes /flɔ.ky.lat/ |
floculèrent /flɔ.ky.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | floculerai /flɔ.kyl.ʁe/ |
floculeras /flɔ.kyl.ʁa/ |
floculera /flɔ.kyl.ʁa/ |
floculerons /flɔ.kyl.ʁɔ̃/ |
floculerez /flɔ.kyl.ʁe/ |
floculeront /flɔ.kyl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | floculerais /flɔ.kyl.ʁɛ/ |
floculerais /flɔ.kyl.ʁɛ/ |
floculerait /flɔ.kyl.ʁɛ/ |
floculerions /flɔ.ky.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
floculeriez /flɔ.ky.lə.ʁje/ |
floculeraient /flɔ.kyl.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 | flocule /flɔ.kyl/ |
flocules /flɔ.kyl/ |
flocule /flɔ.kyl/ |
floculions /flɔ.ky.ljɔ̃/ |
floculiez /flɔ.ky.lje/ |
floculent /flɔ.kyl/ |
| imperfect2 | floculasse /flɔ.ky.las/ |
floculasses /flɔ.ky.las/ |
floculât /flɔ.ky.la/ |
floculassions /flɔ.ky.la.sjɔ̃/ |
floculassiez /flɔ.ky.la.sje/ |
floculassent /flɔ.ky.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | flocule /flɔ.kyl/ |
— | floculons /flɔ.ky.lɔ̃/ |
floculez /flɔ.ky.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “floculer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.