avaler

French

Etymology

aval + -er

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

avaler

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to swallow
  2. (intransitive, sex, informal) to swallow cum, to swallow
    Est-ce que tu avales ? ― Do you swallow?
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to believe
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to support
  5. (transitive, figuratively) to approve, endorse

Conjugation
Conjugation of avaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple avaler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple avalant
/a.va.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle avalé
/a.va.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present avale
/a.val/		 avales
/a.val/		 avale
/a.val/		 avalons
/a.va.lɔ̃/		 avalez
/a.va.le/		 avalent
/a.val/
imperfect avalais
/a.va.lɛ/		 avalais
/a.va.lɛ/		 avalait
/a.va.lɛ/		 avalions
/a.va.ljɔ̃/		 avaliez
/a.va.lje/		 avalaient
/a.va.lɛ/
past historic2 avalai
/a.va.le/		 avalas
/a.va.la/		 avala
/a.va.la/		 avalâmes
/a.va.lam/		 avalâtes
/a.va.lat/		 avalèrent
/a.va.lɛʁ/
future avalerai
/a.val.ʁe/		 avaleras
/a.val.ʁa/		 avalera
/a.val.ʁa/		 avalerons
/a.val.ʁɔ̃/		 avalerez
/a.val.ʁe/		 avaleront
/a.val.ʁɔ̃/
conditional avalerais
/a.val.ʁɛ/		 avalerais
/a.val.ʁɛ/		 avalerait
/a.val.ʁɛ/		 avalerions
/a.va.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 avaleriez
/a.va.lə.ʁje/		 avaleraient
/a.val.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 avale
/a.val/		 avales
/a.val/		 avale
/a.val/		 avalions
/a.va.ljɔ̃/		 avaliez
/a.va.lje/		 avalent
/a.val/
imperfect2 avalasse
/a.va.las/		 avalasses
/a.va.las/		 avalât
/a.va.la/		 avalassions
/a.va.la.sjɔ̃/		 avalassiez
/a.va.la.sje/		 avalassent
/a.va.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — avale
/a.val/		 — avalons
/a.va.lɔ̃/		 avalez
/a.va.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).

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Old French

Verb

avaler

  1. to descend; to go down

Conjugation

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

    Conjugation of avaler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive avaler avoir avalé
gerund en avalant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle avalant
past participle avalé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present aval avales avale avalons avalez avalent
imperfect avaloie, avaleie, avaloe, avaleve avaloies, avaleies, avaloes, avaleves avaloit, avaleit, avalot, avaleve avaliiens, avaliens avaliiez, avaliez avaloient, avaleient, avaloent, avalevent
preterite avalai avalas avala avalames avalastes avalerent
future avalerai avaleras avalera avalerons avaleroiz, avalereiz, avalerez avaleront
conditional avaleroie, avalereie avaleroies, avalereies avaleroit, avalereit avaleriiens, avaleriens avaleriiez, avaleriez avaleroient, avalereient
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 aval avaus avaut avalons avalez avalent
imperfect avalasse avalasses avalast avalissons, avalissiens avalissoiz, avalissez, avalissiez avalassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— avale — avalons avalez —
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