tirailler

French

Etymology

From tirer +‎ -ailler.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ti.ʁa.je/
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Verb

tirailler

  1. to pull, to tug
  2. (figuratively) to tear somebody in two, to make somebody hesitate
  3. to skirmish

Conjugation
Conjugation of tirailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tirailler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tiraillant
/ti.ʁa.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tiraillé
/ti.ʁa.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present tiraille
/ti.ʁaj/		 tirailles
/ti.ʁaj/		 tiraille
/ti.ʁaj/		 tiraillons
/ti.ʁa.jɔ̃/		 tiraillez
/ti.ʁa.je/		 tiraillent
/ti.ʁaj/
imperfect tiraillais
/ti.ʁa.jɛ/		 tiraillais
/ti.ʁa.jɛ/		 tiraillait
/ti.ʁa.jɛ/		 tiraillions
/ti.ʁaj.jɔ̃/		 tirailliez
/ti.ʁaj.je/		 tiraillaient
/ti.ʁa.jɛ/
past historic2 tiraillai
/ti.ʁa.je/		 tiraillas
/ti.ʁa.ja/		 tirailla
/ti.ʁa.ja/		 tiraillâmes
/ti.ʁa.jam/		 tiraillâtes
/ti.ʁa.jat/		 tiraillèrent
/ti.ʁa.jɛʁ/
future tiraillerai
/ti.ʁaj.ʁe/		 tirailleras
/ti.ʁaj.ʁa/		 tiraillera
/ti.ʁaj.ʁa/		 tiraillerons
/ti.ʁaj.ʁɔ̃/		 tiraillerez
/ti.ʁaj.ʁe/		 tirailleront
/ti.ʁaj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tiraillerais
/ti.ʁaj.ʁɛ/		 tiraillerais
/ti.ʁaj.ʁɛ/		 tiraillerait
/ti.ʁaj.ʁɛ/		 tiraillerions
/ti.ʁa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 tirailleriez
/ti.ʁa.jə.ʁje/		 tirailleraient
/ti.ʁaj.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 tiraille
/ti.ʁaj/		 tirailles
/ti.ʁaj/		 tiraille
/ti.ʁaj/		 tiraillions
/ti.ʁaj.jɔ̃/		 tirailliez
/ti.ʁaj.je/		 tiraillent
/ti.ʁaj/
imperfect2 tiraillasse
/ti.ʁa.jas/		 tiraillasses
/ti.ʁa.jas/		 tiraillât
/ti.ʁa.ja/		 tiraillassions
/ti.ʁa.ja.sjɔ̃/		 tiraillassiez
/ti.ʁa.ja.sje/		 tiraillassent
/ti.ʁa.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tiraille
/ti.ʁaj/		 — tiraillons
/ti.ʁa.jɔ̃/		 tiraillez
/ti.ʁa.je/		 —
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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