gueuler

French

Etymology

From gueule (“mouth”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡœ.le/
• Homophones: gueulai, gueulé, gueulée, gueulées, gueulés, gueulez

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Verb

gueuler

1. (slang, vulgar) to yell, to scream

Conjugation

Conjugation of gueuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gueuler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gueulant /ɡœ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gueulé /ɡœ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gueule /ɡœl/	gueules /ɡœl/	gueule /ɡœl/	gueulons /ɡœ.lɔ̃/	gueulez /ɡœ.le/	gueulent /ɡœl/
	imperfect	gueulais /ɡœ.lɛ/	gueulais /ɡœ.lɛ/	gueulait /ɡœ.lɛ/	gueulions /ɡœ.ljɔ̃/	gueuliez /ɡœ.lje/	gueulaient /ɡœ.lɛ/
	past historic2	gueulai /ɡœ.le/	gueulas /ɡœ.la/	gueula /ɡœ.la/	gueulâmes /ɡœ.lam/	gueulâtes /ɡœ.lat/	gueulèrent /ɡœ.lɛʁ/
	future	gueulerai /ɡœl.ʁe/	gueuleras /ɡœl.ʁa/	gueulera /ɡœl.ʁa/	gueulerons /ɡœl.ʁɔ̃/	gueulerez /ɡœl.ʁe/	gueuleront /ɡœl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gueulerais /ɡœl.ʁɛ/	gueulerais /ɡœl.ʁɛ/	gueulerait /ɡœl.ʁɛ/	gueulerions /ɡœ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	gueuleriez /ɡœ.lə.ʁje/	gueuleraient /ɡœl.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	gueule /ɡœl/	gueules /ɡœl/	gueule /ɡœl/	gueulions /ɡœ.ljɔ̃/	gueuliez /ɡœ.lje/	gueulent /ɡœl/
	imperfect2	gueulasse /ɡœ.las/	gueulasses /ɡœ.las/	gueulât /ɡœ.la/	gueulassions /ɡœ.la.sjɔ̃/	gueulassiez /ɡœ.la.sje/	gueulassent /ɡœ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gueule /ɡœl/	—	gueulons /ɡœ.lɔ̃/	gueulez /ɡœ.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).

Derived terms

• gueuler comme un veau

Related terms

• engueuler
• dégueuler

Further reading

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