ululer

French

Alternative forms

• hululer

Etymology

From Latin ululāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.ly.le/

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Verb

ululer

1. (intransitive) to hoot (to make the cry of an owl)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ululer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ululer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ululant /y.ly.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ululé /y.ly.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ulule /y.lyl/	ulules /y.lyl/	ulule /y.lyl/	ululons /y.ly.lɔ̃/	ululez /y.ly.le/	ululent /y.lyl/
	imperfect	ululais /y.ly.lɛ/	ululais /y.ly.lɛ/	ululait /y.ly.lɛ/	ululions /y.ly.ljɔ̃/	ululiez /y.ly.lje/	ululaient /y.ly.lɛ/
	past historic2	ululai /y.ly.le/	ululas /y.ly.la/	ulula /y.ly.la/	ululâmes /y.ly.lam/	ululâtes /y.ly.lat/	ululèrent /y.ly.lɛʁ/
	future	ululerai /y.lyl.ʁe/	ululeras /y.lyl.ʁa/	ululera /y.lyl.ʁa/	ululerons /y.lyl.ʁɔ̃/	ululerez /y.lyl.ʁe/	ululeront /y.lyl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ululerais /y.lyl.ʁɛ/	ululerais /y.lyl.ʁɛ/	ululerait /y.lyl.ʁɛ/	ululerions /y.ly.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	ululeriez /y.ly.lə.ʁje/	ululeraient /y.lyl.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	ulule /y.lyl/	ulules /y.lyl/	ulule /y.lyl/	ululions /y.ly.ljɔ̃/	ululiez /y.ly.lje/	ululent /y.lyl/
	imperfect2	ululasse /y.ly.las/	ululasses /y.ly.las/	ululât /y.ly.la/	ululassions /y.ly.la.sjɔ̃/	ululassiez /y.ly.la.sje/	ululassent /y.ly.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ulule /y.lyl/	—	ululons /y.ly.lɔ̃/	ululez /y.ly.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).

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

ululer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ululō