chanceler

English

Noun

chanceler (plural chancelers)

  1. Obsolete form of chancellor.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cancellāre. Doublet of canceller.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.sle/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

chanceler

  1. to stagger, totter, reel (of person)
  2. to wobble (of object)
  3. to falter, waver (of resolve etc.)

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 chanceler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chanceler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chancelant
/ʃɑ̃.slɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chancelé
/ʃɑ̃.sle/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present chancelle or chancèle
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/		 chancelles or chancèles
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/		 chancelle or chancèle
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/		 chancelons
/ʃɑ̃.slɔ̃/		 chancelez
/ʃɑ̃.sle/		 chancellent or chancèlent
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/
imperfect chancelais
/ʃɑ̃.slɛ/		 chancelais
/ʃɑ̃.slɛ/		 chancelait
/ʃɑ̃.slɛ/		 chancelions
/ʃɑ̃.sə.ljɔ̃/		 chanceliez
/ʃɑ̃.sə.lje/		 chancelaient
/ʃɑ̃.slɛ/
past historic2 chancelai
/ʃɑ̃.sle/		 chancelas
/ʃɑ̃.sla/		 chancela
/ʃɑ̃.sla/		 chancelâmes
/ʃɑ̃.slam/		 chancelâtes
/ʃɑ̃.slat/		 chancelèrent
/ʃɑ̃.slɛʁ/
future chancellerai or chancèlerai
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁe/		 chancelleras or chancèleras
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁa/		 chancellera or chancèlera
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁa/		 chancellerons or chancèlerons
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/		 chancellerez or chancèlerez
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁe/		 chancelleront or chancèleront
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional chancellerais or chancèlerais
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/		 chancellerais or chancèlerais
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/		 chancellerait or chancèlerait
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/		 chancellerions or chancèlerions
/ʃɑ̃.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ̃.se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 chancelleriez or chancèleriez
/ʃɑ̃.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ʃɑ̃.se.lə.ʁje/		 chancelleraient or chancèleraient
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.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 chancelle or chancèle
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/		 chancelles or chancèles
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/		 chancelle or chancèle
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/		 chancelions
/ʃɑ̃.sə.ljɔ̃/		 chanceliez
/ʃɑ̃.sə.lje/		 chancellent or chancèlent
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/
imperfect2 chancelasse
/ʃɑ̃.slas/		 chancelasses
/ʃɑ̃.slas/		 chancelât
/ʃɑ̃.sla/		 chancelassions
/ʃɑ̃.sla.sjɔ̃/		 chancelassiez
/ʃɑ̃.sla.sje/		 chancelassent
/ʃɑ̃.slas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chancelle or chancèle
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/		 — chancelons
/ʃɑ̃.slɔ̃/		 chancelez
/ʃɑ̃.sle/		 —
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

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃɐ̃.seˈlɛ(ʁ)/ [ʃɐ̃.seˈlɛ(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʃɐ̃.seˈlɛ(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʃɐ̃.seˈlɛ(ʁ)/ [ʃɐ̃.seˈlɛ(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃɐ̃.seˈlɛ(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃɐ̃.sɨˈlɛɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɐ̃.sɨˈlɛɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃɐ̃.sɨˈlɛ.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: chan‧ce‧ler

Noun

chanceler m or f by sense (plural chanceleres)

  1. chancellor (important notary; person in charge of some area of government)
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