appeler
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin appellāre (“to address, to call by name”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.p(ə).le/
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- Homophones: appelé, appelée, appelées, appelés, appelez
Verb
appeler
- (transitive) to call (out)
- (transitive) to call, phone, ring
- Appelle-moi ce soir.
- Call me this evening.
- (transitive) to call for, summon
- Nous devrions appeler un médecin.
- We should call a doctor.
- (intransitive) to call (out)
- Elle a appelé à l'aide.
- She called out for help.
- (reflexive) to be called
- Je m'appelle James.
- My name is James.
- Est-ce que vous ne vous appelez pas Jean ?
- Isn't your name John?
Conjugation
With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.
Conjugation of appeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | appeler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | appelant /a.plɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | appelé /a.ple/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | appelle /a.pɛl/ |
appelles /a.pɛl/ |
appelle /a.pɛl/ |
appelons /a.plɔ̃/ |
appelez /a.ple/ |
appellent /a.pɛl/ |
| imperfect | appelais /a.plɛ/ |
appelais /a.plɛ/ |
appelait /a.plɛ/ |
appelions /a.pə.ljɔ̃/ |
appeliez /a.pə.lje/ |
appelaient /a.plɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | appelai /a.ple/ |
appelas /a.pla/ |
appela /a.pla/ |
appelâmes /a.plam/ |
appelâtes /a.plat/ |
appelèrent /a.plɛʁ/ | |
| future | appellerai /a.pɛl.ʁe/ |
appelleras /a.pɛl.ʁa/ |
appellera /a.pɛl.ʁa/ |
appellerons /a.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
appellerez /a.pɛl.ʁe/ |
appelleront /a.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | appellerais /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
appellerais /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
appellerait /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
appellerions /a.pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.pe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
appelleriez /a.pɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /a.pe.lə.ʁje/ |
appelleraient /a.pɛl.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 | appelle /a.pɛl/ |
appelles /a.pɛl/ |
appelle /a.pɛl/ |
appelions /a.pə.ljɔ̃/ |
appeliez /a.pə.lje/ |
appellent /a.pɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | appelasse /a.plas/ |
appelasses /a.plas/ |
appelât /a.pla/ |
appelassions /a.pla.sjɔ̃/ |
appelassiez /a.pla.sje/ |
appelassent /a.plas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | appelle /a.pɛl/ |
— | appelons /a.plɔ̃/ |
appelez /a.ple/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.
Conjugation of s'appeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'appeler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s'appelant /sa.plɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | appelé /a.ple/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m'appelle /ma.pɛl/ |
t'appelles /ta.pɛl/ |
s'appelle /sa.pɛl/ |
nous appelons /nu.z‿a.plɔ̃/ |
vous appelez /vu.z‿a.ple/ |
s'appellent /sa.pɛl/ |
| imperfect | m'appelais /ma.plɛ/ |
t'appelais /ta.plɛ/ |
s'appelait /sa.plɛ/ |
nous appelions /nu.z‿a.pə.ljɔ̃/ |
vous appeliez /vu.z‿a.pə.lje/ |
s'appelaient /sa.plɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m'appelai /ma.ple/ |
t'appelas /ta.pla/ |
s'appela /sa.pla/ |
nous appelâmes /nu.z‿a.plam/ |
vous appelâtes /vu.z‿a.plat/ |
s'appelèrent /sa.plɛʁ/ | |
| future | m'appellerai /ma.pɛl.ʁe/ |
t'appelleras /ta.pɛl.ʁa/ |
s'appellera /sa.pɛl.ʁa/ |
nous appellerons /nu.z‿a.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous appellerez /vu.z‿a.pɛl.ʁe/ |
s'appelleront /sa.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m'appellerais /ma.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
t'appellerais /ta.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
s'appellerait /sa.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
nous appellerions /nu.z‿a.pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.pe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous appelleriez /vu.z‿a.pɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /vu.z‿a.pe.lə.ʁje/ |
s'appelleraient /sa.pɛl.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m'appelle /ma.pɛl/ |
t'appelles /ta.pɛl/ |
s'appelle /sa.pɛl/ |
nous appelions /nu.z‿a.pə.ljɔ̃/ |
vous appeliez /vu.z‿a.pə.lje/ |
s'appellent /sa.pɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | m'appelasse /ma.plas/ |
t'appelasses /ta.plas/ |
s'appelât /sa.pla/ |
nous appelassions /nu.z‿a.pla.sjɔ̃/ |
vous appelassiez /vu.z‿a.pla.sje/ |
s'appelassent /sa.plas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | appelle-toi /a.pɛl.twa/ |
— | appelons-nous /a.plɔ̃.nu/ |
appelez-vous /a.ple.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Louisiana Creole: pèlé
Further reading
- “appeler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.