bricoler
French
Etymology
From Old French bricole.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁi.kɔ.le/
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Verb
bricoler
- (intransitive) to do DIY
- (transitive) to tinker (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bricoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bricoler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bricolant /bʁi.kɔ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bricolé /bʁi.kɔ.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bricole /bʁi.kɔl/ |
bricoles /bʁi.kɔl/ |
bricole /bʁi.kɔl/ |
bricolons /bʁi.kɔ.lɔ̃/ |
bricolez /bʁi.kɔ.le/ |
bricolent /bʁi.kɔl/ |
| imperfect | bricolais /bʁi.kɔ.lɛ/ |
bricolais /bʁi.kɔ.lɛ/ |
bricolait /bʁi.kɔ.lɛ/ |
bricolions /bʁi.kɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
bricoliez /bʁi.kɔ.lje/ |
bricolaient /bʁi.kɔ.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bricolai /bʁi.kɔ.le/ |
bricolas /bʁi.kɔ.la/ |
bricola /bʁi.kɔ.la/ |
bricolâmes /bʁi.kɔ.lam/ |
bricolâtes /bʁi.kɔ.lat/ |
bricolèrent /bʁi.kɔ.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | bricolerai /bʁi.kɔl.ʁe/ |
bricoleras /bʁi.kɔl.ʁa/ |
bricolera /bʁi.kɔl.ʁa/ |
bricolerons /bʁi.kɔl.ʁɔ̃/ |
bricolerez /bʁi.kɔl.ʁe/ |
bricoleront /bʁi.kɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bricolerais /bʁi.kɔl.ʁɛ/ |
bricolerais /bʁi.kɔl.ʁɛ/ |
bricolerait /bʁi.kɔl.ʁɛ/ |
bricolerions /bʁi.kɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bricoleriez /bʁi.kɔ.lə.ʁje/ |
bricoleraient /bʁi.kɔl.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 | bricole /bʁi.kɔl/ |
bricoles /bʁi.kɔl/ |
bricole /bʁi.kɔl/ |
bricolions /bʁi.kɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
bricoliez /bʁi.kɔ.lje/ |
bricolent /bʁi.kɔl/ |
| imperfect2 | bricolasse /bʁi.kɔ.las/ |
bricolasses /bʁi.kɔ.las/ |
bricolât /bʁi.kɔ.la/ |
bricolassions /bʁi.kɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
bricolassiez /bʁi.kɔ.la.sje/ |
bricolassent /bʁi.kɔ.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bricole /bʁi.kɔl/ |
— | bricolons /bʁi.kɔ.lɔ̃/ |
bricolez /bʁi.kɔ.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “bricoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.