dodeliner

French

Etymology

From dodiner.

Pronunciation
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Verb

dodeliner

  1. (transitive) to cradle, rock (e.g. a baby, in one's arms)
  2. (transitive) to sway, shake (e.g. a body part)
    dodeliner la tête ― to nod/shake one's head

Conjugation
Conjugation of dodeliner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple dodeliner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple dodelinant
/dɔ.dli.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle dodeliné
/dɔ.dli.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present dodeline
/dɔ.dlin/		 dodelines
/dɔ.dlin/		 dodeline
/dɔ.dlin/		 dodelinons
/dɔ.dli.nɔ̃/		 dodelinez
/dɔ.dli.ne/		 dodelinent
/dɔ.dlin/
imperfect dodelinais
/dɔ.dli.nɛ/		 dodelinais
/dɔ.dli.nɛ/		 dodelinait
/dɔ.dli.nɛ/		 dodelinions
/dɔ.dli.njɔ̃/		 dodeliniez
/dɔ.dli.nje/		 dodelinaient
/dɔ.dli.nɛ/
past historic2 dodelinai
/dɔ.dli.ne/		 dodelinas
/dɔ.dli.na/		 dodelina
/dɔ.dli.na/		 dodelinâmes
/dɔ.dli.nam/		 dodelinâtes
/dɔ.dli.nat/		 dodelinèrent
/dɔ.dli.nɛʁ/
future dodelinerai
/dɔ.dlin.ʁe/		 dodelineras
/dɔ.dlin.ʁa/		 dodelinera
/dɔ.dlin.ʁa/		 dodelinerons
/dɔ.dlin.ʁɔ̃/		 dodelinerez
/dɔ.dlin.ʁe/		 dodelineront
/dɔ.dlin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional dodelinerais
/dɔ.dlin.ʁɛ/		 dodelinerais
/dɔ.dlin.ʁɛ/		 dodelinerait
/dɔ.dlin.ʁɛ/		 dodelinerions
/dɔ.dli.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 dodelineriez
/dɔ.dli.nə.ʁje/		 dodelineraient
/dɔ.dlin.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 dodeline
/dɔ.dlin/		 dodelines
/dɔ.dlin/		 dodeline
/dɔ.dlin/		 dodelinions
/dɔ.dli.njɔ̃/		 dodeliniez
/dɔ.dli.nje/		 dodelinent
/dɔ.dlin/
imperfect2 dodelinasse
/dɔ.dli.nas/		 dodelinasses
/dɔ.dli.nas/		 dodelinât
/dɔ.dli.na/		 dodelinassions
/dɔ.dli.na.sjɔ̃/		 dodelinassiez
/dɔ.dli.na.sje/		 dodelinassent
/dɔ.dli.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — dodeline
/dɔ.dlin/		 — dodelinons
/dɔ.dli.nɔ̃/		 dodelinez
/dɔ.dli.ne/		 —
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).

Derived terms
  • dodelinement

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