douiller

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.je/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French dueillier, doillier, from duel (“pain”). Equivalent to deuil +‎ -er.

Verb

douiller

1. to hurt

Conjugation

Conjugation of douiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	douiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	douillant /du.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		douillé /du.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	douille /duj/	douilles /duj/	douille /duj/	douillons /du.jɔ̃/	douillez /du.je/	douillent /duj/
	imperfect	douillais /du.jɛ/	douillais /du.jɛ/	douillait /du.jɛ/	douillions /duj.jɔ̃/	douilliez /duj.je/	douillaient /du.jɛ/
	past historic2	douillai /du.je/	douillas /du.ja/	douilla /du.ja/	douillâmes /du.jam/	douillâtes /du.jat/	douillèrent /du.jɛʁ/
	future	douillerai /duj.ʁe/	douilleras /duj.ʁa/	douillera /duj.ʁa/	douillerons /duj.ʁɔ̃/	douillerez /duj.ʁe/	douilleront /duj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	douillerais /duj.ʁɛ/	douillerais /duj.ʁɛ/	douillerait /duj.ʁɛ/	douillerions /du.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	douilleriez /du.jə.ʁje/	douilleraient /duj.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	douille /duj/	douilles /duj/	douille /duj/	douillions /duj.jɔ̃/	douilliez /duj.je/	douillent /duj/
	imperfect2	douillasse /du.jas/	douillasses /du.jas/	douillât /du.ja/	douillassions /du.ja.sjɔ̃/	douillassiez /du.ja.sje/	douillassent /du.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	douille /duj/	—	douillons /du.jɔ̃/	douillez /du.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).

Etymology 2

From douille (“money”) +‎ -er.

Verb

douiller

1. (ambitransitive) to cough up, stump up, fork out, shell out (money)

   Synonym: casquer

Further reading

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