atteler

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *attelare, from Latin protelare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.t(ə).le/
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Verb

atteler

  1. (transitive) to harness, yoke, hitch (e.g. a horse to a wagon)
  2. (reflexive, figurative) to get down to, apply oneself to
    • 2022 December 1, Mohamed Berkani, “Pourquoi "Beyrouth-sur-Seine", le livre de Sabyl Ghoussoub, a ravi les jurés du Goncourt des lycéens (et les autres)”, in Franceinfo‎:
      L’écrivain et journaliste franco-libanais s’attèle à narrer l’histoire de ses parents et sa propre quête d’identité dans un récit plein d’humour.
      The French-Lebanese writer and journalist sets out to tell the story of his and his parents' search for identity in an account that is full of humour.

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 atteler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple atteler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple attelant
/a.tlɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle attelé
/a.tle/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present attelle or attèle
/a.tɛl/		 attelles or attèles
/a.tɛl/		 attelle or attèle
/a.tɛl/		 attelons
/a.tlɔ̃/		 attelez
/a.tle/		 attellent or attèlent
/a.tɛl/
imperfect attelais
/a.tlɛ/		 attelais
/a.tlɛ/		 attelait
/a.tlɛ/		 attelions
/a.tə.ljɔ̃/		 atteliez
/a.tə.lje/		 attelaient
/a.tlɛ/
past historic2 attelai
/a.tle/		 attelas
/a.tla/		 attela
/a.tla/		 attelâmes
/a.tlam/		 attelâtes
/a.tlat/		 attelèrent
/a.tlɛʁ/
future attellerai or attèlerai
/a.tɛl.ʁe/		 attelleras or attèleras
/a.tɛl.ʁa/		 attellera or attèlera
/a.tɛl.ʁa/		 attellerons or attèlerons
/a.tɛl.ʁɔ̃/		 attellerez or attèlerez
/a.tɛl.ʁe/		 attelleront or attèleront
/a.tɛl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional attellerais or attèlerais
/a.tɛl.ʁɛ/		 attellerais or attèlerais
/a.tɛl.ʁɛ/		 attellerait or attèlerait
/a.tɛl.ʁɛ/		 attellerions or attèlerions
/a.tɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.te.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 attelleriez or attèleriez
/a.tɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /a.te.lə.ʁje/		 attelleraient or attèleraient
/a.tɛl.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 attelle or attèle
/a.tɛl/		 attelles or attèles
/a.tɛl/		 attelle or attèle
/a.tɛl/		 attelions
/a.tə.ljɔ̃/		 atteliez
/a.tə.lje/		 attellent or attèlent
/a.tɛl/
imperfect2 attelasse
/a.tlas/		 attelasses
/a.tlas/		 attelât
/a.tla/		 attelassions
/a.tla.sjɔ̃/		 attelassiez
/a.tla.sje/		 attelassent
/a.tlas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — attelle or attèle
/a.tɛl/		 — attelons
/a.tlɔ̃/		 attelez
/a.tle/		 —
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).

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