miauler

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French miauler, related to onomatopoeic miaou.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mjo.le/
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Verb

miauler

  1. (intransitive) to meow, meowl, mew

Conjugation

Conjugation of miauler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple miauler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple miaulant
/mjo.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle miaulé
/mjo.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present miaule
/mjol/ 		miaules
/mjol/ 		miaule
/mjol/ 		miaulons
/mjo.lɔ̃/ 		miaulez
/mjo.le/ 		miaulent
/mjol/
imperfect miaulais
/mjo.lɛ/ 		miaulais
/mjo.lɛ/ 		miaulait
/mjo.lɛ/ 		miaulions
/mjo.ljɔ̃/ 		miauliez
/mjo.lje/ 		miaulaient
/mjo.lɛ/
past historic2 miaulai
/mjo.le/ 		miaulas
/mjo.la/ 		miaula
/mjo.la/ 		miaulâmes
/mjo.lam/ 		miaulâtes
/mjo.lat/ 		miaulèrent
/mjo.lɛʁ/
future miaulerai
/mjol.ʁe/ 		miauleras
/mjol.ʁa/ 		miaulera
/mjol.ʁa/ 		miaulerons
/mjol.ʁɔ̃/ 		miaulerez
/mjol.ʁe/ 		miauleront
/mjol.ʁɔ̃/
conditional miaulerais
/mjol.ʁɛ/ 		miaulerais
/mjol.ʁɛ/ 		miaulerait
/mjol.ʁɛ/ 		miaulerions
/mjo.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		miauleriez
/mjo.lə.ʁje/ 		miauleraient
/mjol.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 miaule
/mjol/ 		miaules
/mjol/ 		miaule
/mjol/ 		miaulions
/mjo.ljɔ̃/ 		miauliez
/mjo.lje/ 		miaulent
/mjol/
imperfect2 miaulasse
/mjo.las/ 		miaulasses
/mjo.las/ 		miaulât
/mjo.la/ 		miaulassions
/mjo.la.sjɔ̃/ 		miaulassiez
/mjo.la.sje/ 		miaulassent
/mjo.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — miaule
/mjol/ 		— miaulons
/mjo.lɔ̃/ 		miaulez
/mjo.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:
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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