meugler

French

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mūgilāre (infinitive mūgilāre).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mø.ɡle/
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Verb

meugler

  1. to moo, to low

Conjugation
Conjugation of meugler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple meugler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple meuglant
/mœ.ɡlɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle meuglé
/mœ.ɡle/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present meugle
/mœɡl/		 meugles
/mœɡl/		 meugle
/mœɡl/		 meuglons
/mœ.ɡlɔ̃/		 meuglez
/mœ.ɡle/		 meuglent
/mœɡl/
imperfect meuglais
/mœ.ɡlɛ/		 meuglais
/mœ.ɡlɛ/		 meuglait
/mœ.ɡlɛ/		 meuglions
/mœ.ɡli.jɔ̃/		 meugliez
/mœ.ɡli.je/		 meuglaient
/mœ.ɡlɛ/
past historic2 meuglai
/mœ.ɡle/		 meuglas
/mœ.ɡla/		 meugla
/mœ.ɡla/		 meuglâmes
/mœ.ɡlam/		 meuglâtes
/mœ.ɡlat/		 meuglèrent
/mœ.ɡlɛʁ/
future meuglerai
/mœ.ɡlə.ʁe/		 meugleras
/mœ.ɡlə.ʁa/		 meuglera
/mœ.ɡlə.ʁa/		 meuglerons
/mœ.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/		 meuglerez
/mœ.ɡlə.ʁe/		 meugleront
/mœ.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional meuglerais
/mœ.ɡlə.ʁɛ/		 meuglerais
/mœ.ɡlə.ʁɛ/		 meuglerait
/mœ.ɡlə.ʁɛ/		 meuglerions
/mœ.ɡlə.ʁjɔ̃/		 meugleriez
/mœ.ɡlə.ʁje/		 meugleraient
/mœ.ɡlə.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 meugle
/mœɡl/		 meugles
/mœɡl/		 meugle
/mœɡl/		 meuglions
/mœ.ɡli.jɔ̃/		 meugliez
/mœ.ɡli.je/		 meuglent
/mœɡl/
imperfect2 meuglasse
/mœ.ɡlas/		 meuglasses
/mœ.ɡlas/		 meuglât
/mœ.ɡla/		 meuglassions
/mœ.ɡla.sjɔ̃/		 meuglassiez
/mœ.ɡla.sje/		 meuglassent
/mœ.ɡlas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — meugle
/mœɡl/		 — meuglons
/mœ.ɡlɔ̃/		 meuglez
/mœ.ɡle/		 —
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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