effeuiller

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ feuille +‎ -er. Compare exfolier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.fœ.je/

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Verb

effeuiller

1. (transitive) to thin out (the leaves of a tree, bush etc.); to pick or pull the leaves or petals from
2. (reflexive) to lose its leaves, shed its leaves
3. (by extension) to strip (perform a striptease)

Conjugation

Conjugation of effeuiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	effeuiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	effeuillant /e.fœ.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		effeuillé /e.fœ.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	effeuille /e.fœj/	effeuilles /e.fœj/	effeuille /e.fœj/	effeuillons /e.fœ.jɔ̃/	effeuillez /e.fœ.je/	effeuillent /e.fœj/
	imperfect	effeuillais /e.fœ.jɛ/	effeuillais /e.fœ.jɛ/	effeuillait /e.fœ.jɛ/	effeuillions /e.fœj.jɔ̃/	effeuilliez /e.fœj.je/	effeuillaient /e.fœ.jɛ/
	past historic2	effeuillai /e.fœ.je/	effeuillas /e.fœ.ja/	effeuilla /e.fœ.ja/	effeuillâmes /e.fœ.jam/	effeuillâtes /e.fœ.jat/	effeuillèrent /e.fœ.jɛʁ/
	future	effeuillerai /e.fœj.ʁe/	effeuilleras /e.fœj.ʁa/	effeuillera /e.fœj.ʁa/	effeuillerons /e.fœj.ʁɔ̃/	effeuillerez /e.fœj.ʁe/	effeuilleront /e.fœj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	effeuillerais /e.fœj.ʁɛ/	effeuillerais /e.fœj.ʁɛ/	effeuillerait /e.fœj.ʁɛ/	effeuillerions /e.fœ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	effeuilleriez /e.fœ.jə.ʁje/	effeuilleraient /e.fœj.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	effeuille /e.fœj/	effeuilles /e.fœj/	effeuille /e.fœj/	effeuillions /e.fœj.jɔ̃/	effeuilliez /e.fœj.je/	effeuillent /e.fœj/
	imperfect2	effeuillasse /e.fœ.jas/	effeuillasses /e.fœ.jas/	effeuillât /e.fœ.ja/	effeuillassions /e.fœ.ja.sjɔ̃/	effeuillassiez /e.fœ.ja.sje/	effeuillassent /e.fœ.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	effeuille /e.fœj/	—	effeuillons /e.fœ.jɔ̃/	effeuillez /e.fœ.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).

Derived terms

• effeuiller la marguerite

Related terms

• effeuillage
• effeuilleuse

Further reading

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