ciller

See also: çiller and Çiller

French

Etymology

From cil (“eyelash”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /si.je/
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Verb

ciller

  1. to blink
  2. to bat an eyelash

Conjugation
Conjugation of ciller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ciller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cillant
/si.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cillé
/si.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cille
/sij/		 cilles
/sij/		 cille
/sij/		 cillons
/si.jɔ̃/		 cillez
/si.je/		 cillent
/sij/
imperfect cillais
/si.jɛ/		 cillais
/si.jɛ/		 cillait
/si.jɛ/		 cillions
/sij.jɔ̃/		 cilliez
/sij.je/		 cillaient
/si.jɛ/
past historic2 cillai
/si.je/		 cillas
/si.ja/		 cilla
/si.ja/		 cillâmes
/si.jam/		 cillâtes
/si.jat/		 cillèrent
/si.jɛʁ/
future cillerai
/sij.ʁe/		 cilleras
/sij.ʁa/		 cillera
/sij.ʁa/		 cillerons
/sij.ʁɔ̃/		 cillerez
/sij.ʁe/		 cilleront
/sij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cillerais
/sij.ʁɛ/		 cillerais
/sij.ʁɛ/		 cillerait
/sij.ʁɛ/		 cillerions
/si.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 cilleriez
/si.jə.ʁje/		 cilleraient
/sij.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 cille
/sij/		 cilles
/sij/		 cille
/sij/		 cillions
/sij.jɔ̃/		 cilliez
/sij.je/		 cillent
/sij/
imperfect2 cillasse
/si.jas/		 cillasses
/si.jas/		 cillât
/si.ja/		 cillassions
/si.ja.sjɔ̃/		 cillassiez
/si.ja.sje/		 cillassent
/si.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cille
/sij/		 — cillons
/si.jɔ̃/		 cillez
/si.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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