pailler
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.je/ ~ /pɑ.je/
Etymology 1
From Latin paleārium, or from Late Latin paleāre, from paleāris.
Noun
pailler m (plural paillers)
Etymology 2
From paille.
Verb
pailler
- to cover with straw
Conjugation
Conjugation of pailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pailler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | paillant /pa.jɑ̃/ or /pɑ.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | paillé /pa.je/ or /pɑ.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | paille /paj/ or /pɑj/ |
pailles /paj/ or /pɑj/ |
paille /paj/ or /pɑj/ |
paillons /pa.jɔ̃/ or /pɑ.jɔ̃/ |
paillez /pa.je/ or /pɑ.je/ |
paillent /paj/ or /pɑj/ |
| imperfect | paillais /pa.jɛ/ or /pɑ.jɛ/ |
paillais /pa.jɛ/ or /pɑ.jɛ/ |
paillait /pa.jɛ/ or /pɑ.jɛ/ |
paillions /paj.jɔ̃/ or /pɑj.jɔ̃/ |
pailliez /paj.je/ or /pɑj.je/ |
paillaient /pa.jɛ/ or /pɑ.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | paillai /pa.je/ or /pɑ.je/ |
paillas /pa.ja/ or /pɑ.ja/ |
pailla /pa.ja/ or /pɑ.ja/ |
paillâmes /pa.jam/ or /pɑ.jam/ |
paillâtes /pa.jat/ or /pɑ.jat/ |
paillèrent /pa.jɛʁ/ or /pɑ.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | paillerai /paj.ʁe/ or /pɑj.ʁe/ |
pailleras /paj.ʁa/ or /pɑj.ʁa/ |
paillera /paj.ʁa/ or /pɑj.ʁa/ |
paillerons /paj.ʁɔ̃/ or /pɑj.ʁɔ̃/ |
paillerez /paj.ʁe/ or /pɑj.ʁe/ |
pailleront /paj.ʁɔ̃/ or /pɑj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | paillerais /paj.ʁɛ/ or /pɑj.ʁɛ/ |
paillerais /paj.ʁɛ/ or /pɑj.ʁɛ/ |
paillerait /paj.ʁɛ/ or /pɑj.ʁɛ/ |
paillerions /pa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pailleriez /pa.jə.ʁje/ or /pɑ.jə.ʁje/ |
pailleraient /paj.ʁɛ/ or /pɑj.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 | paille /paj/ or /pɑj/ |
pailles /paj/ or /pɑj/ |
paille /paj/ or /pɑj/ |
paillions /paj.jɔ̃/ or /pɑj.jɔ̃/ |
pailliez /paj.je/ or /pɑj.je/ |
paillent /paj/ or /pɑj/ |
| imperfect2 | paillasse /pa.jas/ or /pɑ.jas/ |
paillasses /pa.jas/ or /pɑ.jas/ |
paillât /pa.ja/ or /pɑ.ja/ |
paillassions /pa.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /pɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
paillassiez /pa.ja.sje/ or /pɑ.ja.sje/ |
paillassent /pa.jas/ or /pɑ.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | paille /paj/ or /pɑj/ |
— | paillons /pa.jɔ̃/ or /pɑ.jɔ̃/ |
paillez /pa.je/ or /pɑ.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
- “pailler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.