ululer
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.ly.le/
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Verb
ululer
- (intransitive) to hoot (to make the cry of an owl)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ululer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ululer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ululant /y.ly.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ululé /y.ly.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ulule /y.lyl/ |
ulules /y.lyl/ |
ulule /y.lyl/ |
ululons /y.ly.lɔ̃/ |
ululez /y.ly.le/ |
ululent /y.lyl/ |
| imperfect | ululais /y.ly.lɛ/ |
ululais /y.ly.lɛ/ |
ululait /y.ly.lɛ/ |
ululions /y.ly.ljɔ̃/ |
ululiez /y.ly.lje/ |
ululaient /y.ly.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ululai /y.ly.le/ |
ululas /y.ly.la/ |
ulula /y.ly.la/ |
ululâmes /y.ly.lam/ |
ululâtes /y.ly.lat/ |
ululèrent /y.ly.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | ululerai /y.lyl.ʁe/ |
ululeras /y.lyl.ʁa/ |
ululera /y.lyl.ʁa/ |
ululerons /y.lyl.ʁɔ̃/ |
ululerez /y.lyl.ʁe/ |
ululeront /y.lyl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ululerais /y.lyl.ʁɛ/ |
ululerais /y.lyl.ʁɛ/ |
ululerait /y.lyl.ʁɛ/ |
ululerions /y.ly.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ululeriez /y.ly.lə.ʁje/ |
ululeraient /y.lyl.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 | ulule /y.lyl/ |
ulules /y.lyl/ |
ulule /y.lyl/ |
ululions /y.ly.ljɔ̃/ |
ululiez /y.ly.lje/ |
ululent /y.lyl/ |
| imperfect2 | ululasse /y.ly.las/ |
ululasses /y.ly.las/ |
ululât /y.ly.la/ |
ululassions /y.ly.la.sjɔ̃/ |
ululassiez /y.ly.la.sje/ |
ululassent /y.ly.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ulule /y.lyl/ |
— | ululons /y.ly.lɔ̃/ |
ululez /y.ly.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
- “ululer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
ululer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ululō