meuler

French

Etymology

From meule +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mø.le/

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Verb

meuler

1. to sharpen on a grindstone

Conjugation

Conjugation of meuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	meuler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	meulant /mø.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		meulé /mø.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	meule /møl/	meules /møl/	meule /møl/	meulons /mø.lɔ̃/	meulez /mø.le/	meulent /møl/
	imperfect	meulais /mø.lɛ/	meulais /mø.lɛ/	meulait /mø.lɛ/	meulions /mø.ljɔ̃/	meuliez /mø.lje/	meulaient /mø.lɛ/
	past historic2	meulai /mø.le/	meulas /mø.la/	meula /mø.la/	meulâmes /mø.lam/	meulâtes /mø.lat/	meulèrent /mø.lɛʁ/
	future	meulerai /møl.ʁe/	meuleras /møl.ʁa/	meulera /møl.ʁa/	meulerons /møl.ʁɔ̃/	meulerez /møl.ʁe/	meuleront /møl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	meulerais /møl.ʁɛ/	meulerais /møl.ʁɛ/	meulerait /møl.ʁɛ/	meulerions /mø.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	meuleriez /mø.lə.ʁje/	meuleraient /møl.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	meule /møl/	meules /møl/	meule /møl/	meulions /mø.ljɔ̃/	meuliez /mø.lje/	meulent /møl/
	imperfect2	meulasse /mø.las/	meulasses /mø.las/	meulât /mø.la/	meulassions /mø.la.sjɔ̃/	meulassiez /mø.la.sje/	meulassent /mø.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	meule /møl/	—	meulons /mø.lɔ̃/	meulez /mø.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).

Derived terms

• meulage

Further reading

• “meuler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• émuler, lémure