simuler

Danish

Verb

simuler

  1. imperative of simulere

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin simulāre (“to imitate, to feign”). Doublet of sembler.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /si.my.le/
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Verb

simuler

  1. (transitive) to feign, to fake, to put on, to pretend to have
  2. (intransitive, sports) to dive (to pretend to be fouled in order to gain an advantage)
  3. (intransitive, sex) to fake it (to feign to be enjoying sex; to pretend to have an orgasm)

Conjugation
Conjugation of simuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple simuler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple simulant
/si.my.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle simulé
/si.my.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present simule
/si.myl/		 simules
/si.myl/		 simule
/si.myl/		 simulons
/si.my.lɔ̃/		 simulez
/si.my.le/		 simulent
/si.myl/
imperfect simulais
/si.my.lɛ/		 simulais
/si.my.lɛ/		 simulait
/si.my.lɛ/		 simulions
/si.my.ljɔ̃/		 simuliez
/si.my.lje/		 simulaient
/si.my.lɛ/
past historic2 simulai
/si.my.le/		 simulas
/si.my.la/		 simula
/si.my.la/		 simulâmes
/si.my.lam/		 simulâtes
/si.my.lat/		 simulèrent
/si.my.lɛʁ/
future simulerai
/si.myl.ʁe/		 simuleras
/si.myl.ʁa/		 simulera
/si.myl.ʁa/		 simulerons
/si.myl.ʁɔ̃/		 simulerez
/si.myl.ʁe/		 simuleront
/si.myl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional simulerais
/si.myl.ʁɛ/		 simulerais
/si.myl.ʁɛ/		 simulerait
/si.myl.ʁɛ/		 simulerions
/si.my.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 simuleriez
/si.my.lə.ʁje/		 simuleraient
/si.myl.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 simule
/si.myl/		 simules
/si.myl/		 simule
/si.myl/		 simulions
/si.my.ljɔ̃/		 simuliez
/si.my.lje/		 simulent
/si.myl/
imperfect2 simulasse
/si.my.las/		 simulasses
/si.my.las/		 simulât
/si.my.la/		 simulassions
/si.my.la.sjɔ̃/		 simulassiez
/si.my.la.sje/		 simulassent
/si.my.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — simule
/si.myl/		 — simulons
/si.my.lɔ̃/		 simulez
/si.my.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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

simuler

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of simulō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

simuler

  1. imperative of simulere
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