pétiller

French

Etymology

pet +‎ -iller.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pe.ti.je/
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Verb

pétiller

  1. (intransitive, of a liquid) to fizz, to be fizzy, bubble, bubble up
  2. (intransitive, of fire, flames etc.) to crackle
  3. (intransitive, of eyes) to sparkle, twinkle, flutter
    Son sourire fit pétiller les yeux de son amant.
    Her smile brought a twinkle into her lover's eyes

Conjugation
Conjugation of pétiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pétiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pétillant
/pe.ti.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pétillé
/pe.ti.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pétille
/pe.tij/		 pétilles
/pe.tij/		 pétille
/pe.tij/		 pétillons
/pe.ti.jɔ̃/		 pétillez
/pe.ti.je/		 pétillent
/pe.tij/
imperfect pétillais
/pe.ti.jɛ/		 pétillais
/pe.ti.jɛ/		 pétillait
/pe.ti.jɛ/		 pétillions
/pe.tij.jɔ̃/		 pétilliez
/pe.tij.je/		 pétillaient
/pe.ti.jɛ/
past historic2 pétillai
/pe.ti.je/		 pétillas
/pe.ti.ja/		 pétilla
/pe.ti.ja/		 pétillâmes
/pe.ti.jam/		 pétillâtes
/pe.ti.jat/		 pétillèrent
/pe.ti.jɛʁ/
future pétillerai
/pe.tij.ʁe/		 pétilleras
/pe.tij.ʁa/		 pétillera
/pe.tij.ʁa/		 pétillerons
/pe.tij.ʁɔ̃/		 pétillerez
/pe.tij.ʁe/		 pétilleront
/pe.tij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pétillerais
/pe.tij.ʁɛ/		 pétillerais
/pe.tij.ʁɛ/		 pétillerait
/pe.tij.ʁɛ/		 pétillerions
/pe.ti.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 pétilleriez
/pe.ti.jə.ʁje/		 pétilleraient
/pe.tij.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 pétille
/pe.tij/		 pétilles
/pe.tij/		 pétille
/pe.tij/		 pétillions
/pe.tij.jɔ̃/		 pétilliez
/pe.tij.je/		 pétillent
/pe.tij/
imperfect2 pétillasse
/pe.ti.jas/		 pétillasses
/pe.ti.jas/		 pétillât
/pe.ti.ja/		 pétillassions
/pe.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/		 pétillassiez
/pe.ti.ja.sje/		 pétillassent
/pe.ti.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pétille
/pe.tij/		 — pétillons
/pe.ti.jɔ̃/		 pétillez
/pe.ti.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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