piauler

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjo.le/

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Verb

piauler

1. (intransitive) alternative form of piailler

Conjugation

Conjugation of piauler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	piauler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	piaulant /pjo.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		piaulé /pjo.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	piaule /pjol/	piaules /pjol/	piaule /pjol/	piaulons /pjo.lɔ̃/	piaulez /pjo.le/	piaulent /pjol/
	imperfect	piaulais /pjo.lɛ/	piaulais /pjo.lɛ/	piaulait /pjo.lɛ/	piaulions /pjo.ljɔ̃/	piauliez /pjo.lje/	piaulaient /pjo.lɛ/
	past historic2	piaulai /pjo.le/	piaulas /pjo.la/	piaula /pjo.la/	piaulâmes /pjo.lam/	piaulâtes /pjo.lat/	piaulèrent /pjo.lɛʁ/
	future	piaulerai /pjol.ʁe/	piauleras /pjol.ʁa/	piaulera /pjol.ʁa/	piaulerons /pjol.ʁɔ̃/	piaulerez /pjol.ʁe/	piauleront /pjol.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	piaulerais /pjol.ʁɛ/	piaulerais /pjol.ʁɛ/	piaulerait /pjol.ʁɛ/	piaulerions /pjo.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	piauleriez /pjo.lə.ʁje/	piauleraient /pjol.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	piaule /pjol/	piaules /pjol/	piaule /pjol/	piaulions /pjo.ljɔ̃/	piauliez /pjo.lje/	piaulent /pjol/
	imperfect2	piaulasse /pjo.las/	piaulasses /pjo.las/	piaulât /pjo.la/	piaulassions /pjo.la.sjɔ̃/	piaulassiez /pjo.la.sje/	piaulassent /pjo.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	piaule /pjol/	—	piaulons /pjo.lɔ̃/	piaulez /pjo.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

• repiauler

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

Compare French piailler.

Verb

piauler

1. (Jersey, onomatopoeia) to cheep

Synonyms

• tuiter