aciduler

French

Etymology

From Latin acidulus +‎ -er, from the diminutive of acidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.si.dy.le/

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Verb

aciduler

1. to acidulate; make slightly (more) acidic

Conjugation

Conjugation of aciduler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	aciduler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	acidulant /a.si.dy.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		acidulé /a.si.dy.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	acidule /a.si.dyl/	acidules /a.si.dyl/	acidule /a.si.dyl/	acidulons /a.si.dy.lɔ̃/	acidulez /a.si.dy.le/	acidulent /a.si.dyl/
	imperfect	acidulais /a.si.dy.lɛ/	acidulais /a.si.dy.lɛ/	acidulait /a.si.dy.lɛ/	acidulions /a.si.dy.ljɔ̃/	aciduliez /a.si.dy.lje/	acidulaient /a.si.dy.lɛ/
	past historic2	acidulai /a.si.dy.le/	acidulas /a.si.dy.la/	acidula /a.si.dy.la/	acidulâmes /a.si.dy.lam/	acidulâtes /a.si.dy.lat/	acidulèrent /a.si.dy.lɛʁ/
	future	acidulerai /a.si.dyl.ʁe/	aciduleras /a.si.dyl.ʁa/	acidulera /a.si.dyl.ʁa/	acidulerons /a.si.dyl.ʁɔ̃/	acidulerez /a.si.dyl.ʁe/	aciduleront /a.si.dyl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	acidulerais /a.si.dyl.ʁɛ/	acidulerais /a.si.dyl.ʁɛ/	acidulerait /a.si.dyl.ʁɛ/	acidulerions /a.si.dy.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	aciduleriez /a.si.dy.lə.ʁje/	aciduleraient /a.si.dyl.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	acidule /a.si.dyl/	acidules /a.si.dyl/	acidule /a.si.dyl/	acidulions /a.si.dy.ljɔ̃/	aciduliez /a.si.dy.lje/	acidulent /a.si.dyl/
	imperfect2	acidulasse /a.si.dy.las/	acidulasses /a.si.dy.las/	acidulât /a.si.dy.la/	acidulassions /a.si.dy.la.sjɔ̃/	acidulassiez /a.si.dy.la.sje/	acidulassent /a.si.dy.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	acidule /a.si.dyl/	—	acidulons /a.si.dy.lɔ̃/	acidulez /a.si.dy.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).

Related terms

• acidifier
• acidulation

Further reading

• “aciduler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.