congeler

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin congelāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃ʒ.le/

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Verb

congeler

1. freeze (to lower something's temperature to freezing point)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il congèle and the third-person singular future indicative il congèlera.

Conjugation of congeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	congeler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	congelant /kɔ̃ʒ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		congelé /kɔ̃ʒ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/	congèles /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/	congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/	congelons /kɔ̃ʒ.lɔ̃/	congelez /kɔ̃ʒ.le/	congèlent /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/
	imperfect	congelais /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/	congelais /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/	congelait /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/	congelions /kɔ̃.ʒə.ljɔ̃/	congeliez /kɔ̃.ʒə.lje/	congelaient /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/
	past historic2	congelai /kɔ̃ʒ.le/	congelas /kɔ̃ʒ.la/	congela /kɔ̃ʒ.la/	congelâmes /kɔ̃ʒ.lam/	congelâtes /kɔ̃ʒ.lat/	congelèrent /kɔ̃ʒ.lɛʁ/
	future	congèlerai /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁe/	congèleras /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁa/	congèlera /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁa/	congèlerons /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/	congèlerez /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁe/	congèleront /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	congèlerais /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/	congèlerais /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/	congèlerait /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/	congèlerions /kɔ̃.ʒɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ʒe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	congèleriez /kɔ̃.ʒɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /kɔ̃.ʒe.lə.ʁje/	congèleraient /kɔ̃.ʒɛl.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	congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/	congèles /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/	congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/	congelions /kɔ̃.ʒə.ljɔ̃/	congeliez /kɔ̃.ʒə.lje/	congèlent /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/
	imperfect2	congelasse /kɔ̃ʒ.las/	congelasses /kɔ̃ʒ.las/	congelât /kɔ̃ʒ.la/	congelassions /kɔ̃ʒ.la.sjɔ̃/	congelassiez /kɔ̃ʒ.la.sje/	congelassent /kɔ̃ʒ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	congèle /kɔ̃.ʒɛl/	—	congelons /kɔ̃ʒ.lɔ̃/	congelez /kɔ̃ʒ.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

• congélateur
• congélation
• geler

Further reading

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