interpeller
French
Alternative forms
- interpeler (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin interpellāre, from interpellō (“to interrupt, to hinder”). Compare Italian interpellare, Spanish and Portuguese interpelar, English interpellate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le/, (formal) /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.le/, (formal) /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.le/
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Verb
interpeller (transitive)
- to call out to
- 1930, Victor Méric, Les Compagnons de l’Escopette, Paris: Éditions de l’Épi, page 188:
- Elle interpelle une femme maigriote et chahuteuse et lui crie avec un accent inimitable : […]
- She called out to a slimmish, raucous woman and cried out to her in an unimitable accent […]
- to question, to interrogate; to address (of police etc.)
- 1863, Jules Verne, Cinq semaines en ballon, Paris: J. Hetzel et Compagnie:
- L’un des membres de la Société interpella le président sur la question de savoir si le docteur Fergusson ne serait pas officiellement présenté.
- One of the members of the Society questioned the president on the question of whether Doctor Fergusson would be officially presented.
- (by extension) to apprehend, to arrest
- Synonym: appréhender
- 2020 November 5, “Quatre radars automatiques incendiés dans le sud-est”, in Europe 1:
- Aucun suspect n’a été interpellé.
- No suspects have been caught.
- (figurative) to raise questions for
- 2006, André Corten, Les frontières du politique en Amérique latine, Éditions Karthala, page 58:
- Si la nature des rapports entre le politique et les idées de la religion et du sacré nous interpelle, en tant que politologues, il nous semble essentiel de réfléchir sur leurs théorisations respectives […]
- If the nature of the relations between politics and ideas of religion and the sacred raises questions to us as political scientists, it seems essential for us to reflect on their respective theorization […]
- (politics) to interpellate (question formally concerning official or governmental policy)
Conjugation
Conjugation of interpeller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | interpeller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | interpellant /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.lɑ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.lɑ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | interpellé /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.le/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | interpelle /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl/ |
interpelles /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl/ |
interpelle /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl/ |
interpellons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.lɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.lɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.lɔ̃/ |
interpellez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.le/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.le/ |
interpellent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl/ |
| imperfect | interpellais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.lɛ/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.lɛ/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.lɛ/ |
interpellais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.lɛ/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.lɛ/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.lɛ/ |
interpellait /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.lɛ/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.lɛ/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.lɛ/ |
interpellions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.ljɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.ljɔ̃/ |
interpelliez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.lje/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.lje/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.lje/ |
interpellaient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.lɛ/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.lɛ/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | interpellai /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.le/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.le/ |
interpellas /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.la/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.la/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.la/ |
interpella /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.la/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.la/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.la/ |
interpellâmes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.lam/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.lam/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.lam/ |
interpellâtes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.lat/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.lat/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.lat/ |
interpellèrent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.lɛʁ/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.lɛʁ/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | interpellerai /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.l(ə).ʁe/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl.ʁe/ |
interpelleras /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.l(ə).ʁa/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl.ʁa/ |
interpellera /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.l(ə).ʁa/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl.ʁa/ |
interpellerons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.l(ə).ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
interpellerez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.l(ə).ʁe/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl.ʁe/ |
interpelleront /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.l(ə).ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | interpellerais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.l(ə).ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
interpellerais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.l(ə).ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
interpellerait /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.l(ə).ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
interpellerions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
interpelleriez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.lə.ʁje/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.lə.ʁje/ |
interpelleraient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.l(ə).ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.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 | interpelle /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl/ |
interpelles /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl/ |
interpelle /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl/ |
interpellions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.ljɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.ljɔ̃/ |
interpelliez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.lje/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.lje/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.lje/ |
interpellent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | interpellasse /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.las/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.las/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.las/ |
interpellasses /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.las/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.las/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.las/ |
interpellât /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.la/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.la/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.la/ |
interpellassions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.la.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.la.sjɔ̃/ |
interpellassiez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.la.sje/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.la.sje/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.la.sje/ |
interpellassent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.las/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.las/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | interpelle /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛl/ |
— | interpellons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.lɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.lɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.lɔ̃/ |
interpellez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɛ.le/ or /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pe.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “interpeller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
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