libeller

English

Etymology

From libel +‎ -er.

Noun

libeller (plural libellers)

  1. One who libels.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Publishing”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 12:
      He always contrived to sit next the door, to which he paid more attention than to his hearer; his eye always wandering to it as if he meditated an escape, and yet this man was the most audacious libeller of his time.

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Translations

French

Etymology

From libelle +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
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Verb

libeller

  1. (transitive) to write; make out; write out (a check)
  2. (transitive) to price; price up (a product)

Conjugation
Conjugation of libeller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple libeller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple libellant
/li.bɛ.lɑ̃/ or /li.be.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle libellé
/li.bɛ.le/ or /li.be.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present libelle
/li.bɛl/		 libelles
/li.bɛl/		 libelle
/li.bɛl/		 libellons
/li.bɛ.lɔ̃/ or /li.be.lɔ̃/		 libellez
/li.bɛ.le/ or /li.be.le/		 libellent
/li.bɛl/
imperfect libellais
/li.bɛ.lɛ/ or /li.be.lɛ/		 libellais
/li.bɛ.lɛ/ or /li.be.lɛ/		 libellait
/li.bɛ.lɛ/ or /li.be.lɛ/		 libellions
/li.bɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /li.be.ljɔ̃/		 libelliez
/li.bɛ.lje/ or /li.be.lje/		 libellaient
/li.bɛ.lɛ/ or /li.be.lɛ/
past historic2 libellai
/li.bɛ.le/ or /li.be.le/		 libellas
/li.bɛ.la/ or /li.be.la/		 libella
/li.bɛ.la/ or /li.be.la/		 libellâmes
/li.bɛ.lam/ or /li.be.lam/		 libellâtes
/li.bɛ.lat/ or /li.be.lat/		 libellèrent
/li.bɛ.lɛʁ/ or /li.be.lɛʁ/
future libellerai
/li.bɛl.ʁe/		 libelleras
/li.bɛl.ʁa/		 libellera
/li.bɛl.ʁa/		 libellerons
/li.bɛl.ʁɔ̃/		 libellerez
/li.bɛl.ʁe/		 libelleront
/li.bɛl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional libellerais
/li.bɛl.ʁɛ/		 libellerais
/li.bɛl.ʁɛ/		 libellerait
/li.bɛl.ʁɛ/		 libellerions
/li.bɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /li.be.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 libelleriez
/li.bɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /li.be.lə.ʁje/		 libelleraient
/li.bɛl.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 libelle
/li.bɛl/		 libelles
/li.bɛl/		 libelle
/li.bɛl/		 libellions
/li.bɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /li.be.ljɔ̃/		 libelliez
/li.bɛ.lje/ or /li.be.lje/		 libellent
/li.bɛl/
imperfect2 libellasse
/li.bɛ.las/ or /li.be.las/		 libellasses
/li.bɛ.las/ or /li.be.las/		 libellât
/li.bɛ.la/ or /li.be.la/		 libellassions
/li.bɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /li.be.la.sjɔ̃/		 libellassiez
/li.bɛ.la.sje/ or /li.be.la.sje/		 libellassent
/li.bɛ.las/ or /li.be.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — libelle
/li.bɛl/		 — libellons
/li.bɛ.lɔ̃/ or /li.be.lɔ̃/		 libellez
/li.bɛ.le/ or /li.be.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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