taillier

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin tāliāre, a verb based on Latin tālea (“cutting taken from a plant”).

Verb

taillier

  1. to cut
  2. to shape

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-aill, *-aills, *-aillt are modified to ail, auz, aut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of taillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive taillier avoir taillié
gerund en taillant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle taillant
past participle taillié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present tail tailles taille taillons tailliez taillent
imperfect tailloie, tailleie, tailloe, taillieve tailloies, tailleies, tailloes, taillieves tailloit, tailleit, taillot, taillieve tailliiens, tailliens tailliiez, tailliez tailloient, tailleient, tailloent, taillievent
preterite taillai taillas tailla taillames taillastes taillierent
future taillerai tailleras taillera taillerons tailleroiz, taillereiz, taillerez tailleront
conditional tailleroie, taillereie tailleroies, taillereies tailleroit, taillereit tailleriiens, tailleriens tailleriiez, tailleriez tailleroient, taillereient
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 tail tauz taut taillons tailliez taillent
imperfect taillasse taillasses taillast taillissons, taillissiens taillissoiz, taillissez, taillissiez taillassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— taille — taillons tailliez —

Derived terms
  • taillié
  • tailleor, tailleoir
    • Middle French: tailloir (see there for further descendants)

Descendants
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