appeller

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

appeller

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of appeler

Conjugation

Conjugation of appeller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	appeller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	appellant /a.pɛ.lɑ̃/ or /a.pe.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		appellé /a.pɛ.le/ or /a.pe.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	appelle /a.pɛl/	appelles /a.pɛl/	appelle /a.pɛl/	appellons /a.pɛ.lɔ̃/ or /a.pe.lɔ̃/	appellez /a.pɛ.le/ or /a.pe.le/	appellent /a.pɛl/
	imperfect	appellais /a.pɛ.lɛ/ or /a.pe.lɛ/	appellais /a.pɛ.lɛ/ or /a.pe.lɛ/	appellait /a.pɛ.lɛ/ or /a.pe.lɛ/	appellions /a.pɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /a.pe.ljɔ̃/	appelliez /a.pɛ.lje/ or /a.pe.lje/	appellaient /a.pɛ.lɛ/ or /a.pe.lɛ/
	past historic2	appellai /a.pɛ.le/ or /a.pe.le/	appellas /a.pɛ.la/ or /a.pe.la/	appella /a.pɛ.la/ or /a.pe.la/	appellâmes /a.pɛ.lam/ or /a.pe.lam/	appellâtes /a.pɛ.lat/ or /a.pe.lat/	appellèrent /a.pɛ.lɛʁ/ or /a.pe.lɛʁ/
	future	appellerai /a.pɛl.ʁe/	appelleras /a.pɛl.ʁa/	appellera /a.pɛl.ʁa/	appellerons /a.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/	appellerez /a.pɛl.ʁe/	appelleront /a.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	appellerais /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/	appellerais /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/	appellerait /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/	appellerions /a.pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.pe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	appelleriez /a.pɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /a.pe.lə.ʁje/	appelleraient /a.pɛl.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	appelle /a.pɛl/	appelles /a.pɛl/	appelle /a.pɛl/	appellions /a.pɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /a.pe.ljɔ̃/	appelliez /a.pɛ.lje/ or /a.pe.lje/	appellent /a.pɛl/
	imperfect2	appellasse /a.pɛ.las/ or /a.pe.las/	appellasses /a.pɛ.las/ or /a.pe.las/	appellât /a.pɛ.la/ or /a.pe.la/	appellassions /a.pɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /a.pe.la.sjɔ̃/	appellassiez /a.pɛ.la.sje/ or /a.pe.la.sje/	appellassent /a.pɛ.las/ or /a.pe.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	appelle /a.pɛl/	—	appellons /a.pɛ.lɔ̃/ or /a.pe.lɔ̃/	appellez /a.pɛ.le/ or /a.pe.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).

Latin

Verb

appeller

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of appellō

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French apeler, with the P and L added back to reflect the original Latin appellō.

Verb

appeller

1. to name (attribute a name to)
2. to call; to call out

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of appeller

infinitive	simple	appeller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	appellant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		appellé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	appelle	appelles	appelle	appellons	appellez	appellent
	imperfect	appellois, appelloys	appellois, appelloys	appelloit, appelloyt	appellions, appellyons	appelliez, appellyez	appelloient, appelloyent
	past historic	appella	appellas	appella	appellasmes	appellastes	appellerent
	future	appellerai, appelleray	appelleras	appellera	appellerons	appellerez	appelleront
	conditional	appellerois, appelleroys	appellerois, appelleroys	appelleroit, appelleroyt	appellerions, appelleryons	appelleriez, appelleryez	appelleroient, appelleroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	appelle	appelles	appelle	appellons	appellez	appellent
	imperfect	appellasse	appellasses	appellast	appellassions	appellassiez	appellassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	appelle	—	appellons	appellez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Synonyms

• (to name): nommer

Descendants

• French: appeler

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Noun

appeller m

1. indefinite plural of appell