miauler

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French miauler, related to onomatopoeic miaou.

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

miauler

  1. (intransitive) to meow, meowl, mew

Conjugation
Conjugation of miauler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple miauler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple miaulant
/mjo.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle miaulé
/mjo.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present miaule
/mjol/		 miaules
/mjol/		 miaule
/mjol/		 miaulons
/mjo.lɔ̃/		 miaulez
/mjo.le/		 miaulent
/mjol/
imperfect miaulais
/mjo.lɛ/		 miaulais
/mjo.lɛ/		 miaulait
/mjo.lɛ/		 miaulions
/mjo.ljɔ̃/		 miauliez
/mjo.lje/		 miaulaient
/mjo.lɛ/
past historic2 miaulai
/mjo.le/		 miaulas
/mjo.la/		 miaula
/mjo.la/		 miaulâmes
/mjo.lam/		 miaulâtes
/mjo.lat/		 miaulèrent
/mjo.lɛʁ/
future miaulerai
/mjol.ʁe/		 miauleras
/mjol.ʁa/		 miaulera
/mjol.ʁa/		 miaulerons
/mjol.ʁɔ̃/		 miaulerez
/mjol.ʁe/		 miauleront
/mjol.ʁɔ̃/
conditional miaulerais
/mjol.ʁɛ/		 miaulerais
/mjol.ʁɛ/		 miaulerait
/mjol.ʁɛ/		 miaulerions
/mjo.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 miauleriez
/mjo.lə.ʁje/		 miauleraient
/mjol.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 miaule
/mjol/		 miaules
/mjol/		 miaule
/mjol/		 miaulions
/mjo.ljɔ̃/		 miauliez
/mjo.lje/		 miaulent
/mjol/
imperfect2 miaulasse
/mjo.las/		 miaulasses
/mjo.las/		 miaulât
/mjo.la/		 miaulassions
/mjo.la.sjɔ̃/		 miaulassiez
/mjo.la.sje/		 miaulassent
/mjo.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — miaule
/mjol/		 — miaulons
/mjo.lɔ̃/		 miaulez
/mjo.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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