mordiller
French
Etymology
From mordre + -iller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔʁ.di.je/
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Verb
mordiller
- to chew (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Conjugation
Conjugation of mordiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | mordiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | mordillant /mɔʁ.di.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | mordillé /mɔʁ.di.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | mordille /mɔʁ.dij/ |
mordilles /mɔʁ.dij/ |
mordille /mɔʁ.dij/ |
mordillons /mɔʁ.di.jɔ̃/ |
mordillez /mɔʁ.di.je/ |
mordillent /mɔʁ.dij/ |
| imperfect | mordillais /mɔʁ.di.jɛ/ |
mordillais /mɔʁ.di.jɛ/ |
mordillait /mɔʁ.di.jɛ/ |
mordillions /mɔʁ.dij.jɔ̃/ |
mordilliez /mɔʁ.dij.je/ |
mordillaient /mɔʁ.di.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | mordillai /mɔʁ.di.je/ |
mordillas /mɔʁ.di.ja/ |
mordilla /mɔʁ.di.ja/ |
mordillâmes /mɔʁ.di.jam/ |
mordillâtes /mɔʁ.di.jat/ |
mordillèrent /mɔʁ.di.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | mordillerai /mɔʁ.dij.ʁe/ |
mordilleras /mɔʁ.dij.ʁa/ |
mordillera /mɔʁ.dij.ʁa/ |
mordillerons /mɔʁ.dij.ʁɔ̃/ |
mordillerez /mɔʁ.dij.ʁe/ |
mordilleront /mɔʁ.dij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | mordillerais /mɔʁ.dij.ʁɛ/ |
mordillerais /mɔʁ.dij.ʁɛ/ |
mordillerait /mɔʁ.dij.ʁɛ/ |
mordillerions /mɔʁ.di.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mordilleriez /mɔʁ.di.jə.ʁje/ |
mordilleraient /mɔʁ.dij.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 | mordille /mɔʁ.dij/ |
mordilles /mɔʁ.dij/ |
mordille /mɔʁ.dij/ |
mordillions /mɔʁ.dij.jɔ̃/ |
mordilliez /mɔʁ.dij.je/ |
mordillent /mɔʁ.dij/ |
| imperfect2 | mordillasse /mɔʁ.di.jas/ |
mordillasses /mɔʁ.di.jas/ |
mordillât /mɔʁ.di.ja/ |
mordillassions /mɔʁ.di.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
mordillassiez /mɔʁ.di.ja.sje/ |
mordillassent /mɔʁ.di.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mordille /mɔʁ.dij/ |
— | mordillons /mɔʁ.di.jɔ̃/ |
mordillez /mɔʁ.di.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
- “mordiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.