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caler
caler
French
Etymology
From Old Provençal calar, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kale/
Verb
caler
- (transitive) to wedge (open) (a door)
- (transitive) to jam (machinery etc.), to stall (an engine)
- (intransitive) to stall (of driver, engine)
- (transitive) to fill (someone) up
- (intransitive, colloquial) (of person eating) to give up, be full
- (transitive) to synchronize
Conjugation
Conjugation of caler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | caler | avoir calé | |||||
| gerund | en calant | en ayant calé | |||||
| present participle | calant /ka.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | calé /ka.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cale /kal/ |
cales /kal/ |
cale /kal/ |
calons /ka.lɔ̃/ |
calez /ka.le/ |
calent /kal/ |
| imperfect | calais /ka.lɛ/ |
calais /ka.lɛ/ |
calait /ka.lɛ/ |
calions /ka.ljɔ̃/ |
caliez /ka.lje/ |
calaient /ka.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | calai /ka.le/ |
calas /ka.la/ |
cala /ka.la/ |
calâmes /ka.lam/ |
calâtes /ka.lat/ |
calèrent /ka.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | calerai /kal.ʁe/ |
caleras /kal.ʁa/ |
calera /kal.ʁa/ |
calerons /kal.ʁɔ̃/ |
calerez /kal.ʁe/ |
caleront /kal.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | calerais /kal.ʁɛ/ |
calerais /kal.ʁɛ/ |
calerait /kal.ʁɛ/ |
calerions /ka.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
caleriez /ka.lə.ʁje/ |
caleraient /kal.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cale /kal/ |
cales /kal/ |
cale /kal/ |
calions /ka.ljɔ̃/ |
caliez /ka.lje/ |
calent /kal/ |
| imperfect1 |
calasse /ka.las/ |
calasses /ka.las/ |
calât /ka.la/ |
calassions /ka.la.sjɔ̃/ |
calassiez /ka.la.sje/ |
calassent /ka.las/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | cale /kal/ |
— | calons /ka.lɔ̃/ |
calez /ka.le/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Provençal, from Latin calēre, present active infinitive of caleō. Compare French chaloir, Franco-Provençal chalêr, Catalan caldre, caler.
Verb
caler
- to be necessary
Conjugation
Conjugation of caler (defective verb used only in third person)
| infinitive | caler | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | calent | ||||||
| past participle | calgut | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el/ela | nosautres nos |
vosautres vos |
eles/elas | |
| present | — | — | cal | — | — | — | |
| imperfect | — | — | caliá | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | calrà | — | — | — | |
| preterite | — | — | calguèt | — | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | calriá | — | — | — | |
| subjunctive | ieu | tu | el/ela | nosautres nos |
vosautres vos |
eles/elas | |
| present | — | — | calga | — | — | — | |
| imperfect | — | — | calguèsse | — | — | — | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres vos |
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Old Provençal
Etymology
Verb
caler
- (reflexive, se caler) to care about; to be concerned about
- 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Lo gens tems de pascor
- Ela.m ditz no m'en chal.
- She says it to me; I don't care
- Ela.m ditz no m'en chal.
- 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Lo gens tems de pascor
Usage notes
References
- (fr)(de) }}}" class="external">calēre in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)