toiler

English

Etymology

toil +‎ -er.

Noun

toiler (plural toilers)

  1. A person who toils or labors.
    • 1929, Alexander Berkman, chapter 3, in Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism, New York: Vanguard Press, →OCLC:
      Every workingman in your city, every toiler in your country, in every country, in the whole world, is exploited and enslaved the same as you are.

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French

Etymology

From toile +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /twa.le/
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Verb

toiler

  1. to cover with cloth
  2. (nautical) to extent the sail of a watercraft

Conjugation
Conjugation of toiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple toiler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple toilant
/twa.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle toilé
/twa.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present toile
/twal/		 toiles
/twal/		 toile
/twal/		 toilons
/twa.lɔ̃/		 toilez
/twa.le/		 toilent
/twal/
imperfect toilais
/twa.lɛ/		 toilais
/twa.lɛ/		 toilait
/twa.lɛ/		 toilions
/twa.ljɔ̃/		 toiliez
/twa.lje/		 toilaient
/twa.lɛ/
past historic2 toilai
/twa.le/		 toilas
/twa.la/		 toila
/twa.la/		 toilâmes
/twa.lam/		 toilâtes
/twa.lat/		 toilèrent
/twa.lɛʁ/
future toilerai
/twal.ʁe/		 toileras
/twal.ʁa/		 toilera
/twal.ʁa/		 toilerons
/twal.ʁɔ̃/		 toilerez
/twal.ʁe/		 toileront
/twal.ʁɔ̃/
conditional toilerais
/twal.ʁɛ/		 toilerais
/twal.ʁɛ/		 toilerait
/twal.ʁɛ/		 toilerions
/twa.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 toileriez
/twa.lə.ʁje/		 toileraient
/twal.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 toile
/twal/		 toiles
/twal/		 toile
/twal/		 toilions
/twa.ljɔ̃/		 toiliez
/twa.lje/		 toilent
/twal/
imperfect2 toilasse
/twa.las/		 toilasses
/twa.las/		 toilât
/twa.la/		 toilassions
/twa.la.sjɔ̃/		 toilassiez
/twa.la.sje/		 toilassent
/twa.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — toile
/twal/		 — toilons
/twa.lɔ̃/		 toilez
/twa.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).

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