apeler

Old French

Etymology

From Latin appellāre, present active infinitive of appellō (“to address, to call by name”).

Verb

apeler

  1. to call, to call out
    • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
      Tot maintenant la dameisele
      Un suen serjant privé apele[.]
      Right away, the lady
      Calls her own sergeant
    • Lanval, Marie de France 12th or 13th century AD
      Le chevaler avant ala, e la pucele l'apela.
      The knight went onwards, and the young girl called to him.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-els, *-elt are modified to eaus, eaut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of apeler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive apeler avoir apelé
gerund en apelant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle apelant
past participle apelé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present apel apeles apele apelons apelez apelent
imperfect apeloie, apeleie, apeloe, apeleve apeloies, apeleies, apeloes, apeleves apeloit, apeleit, apelot, apeleve apeliiens, apeliens apeliiez, apeliez apeloient, apeleient, apeloent, apelevent
preterite apelai apelas apela apelames apelastes apelerent
future apelerai apeleras apelera apelerons apeleroiz, apelereiz, apelerez apeleront
conditional apeleroie, apelereie apeleroies, apelereies apeleroit, apelereit apeleriiens, apeleriens apeleriiez, apeleriez apeleroient, apelereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present apel apeaus apeaut apelons apelez apelent
imperfect apelasse apelasses apelast apelissons, apelissiens apelissoiz, apelissez, apelissiez apelassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— apele — apelons apelez —

Descendants
  • → Middle English: appelen
  • French: appeler
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