écarquiller

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French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.kaʁ.ki.je/
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Verb

écarquiller

  1. to open wide, to goggle
    • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 3, in Les furtifs, La Volte, →ISBN:
      […] et sous sa frimousse qui s’arrondit, à travers ses yeux émus de môme qu’il écarquille sans s’en rendre compte, quelque chose de scellé – d’enfoui profond, si profond…
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Conjugation

Conjugation of écarquiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple écarquiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple écarquillant
/e.kaʁ.ki.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle écarquillé
/e.kaʁ.ki.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present écarquille
/e.kaʁ.kij/ 		écarquilles
/e.kaʁ.kij/ 		écarquille
/e.kaʁ.kij/ 		écarquillons
/e.kaʁ.ki.jɔ̃/ 		écarquillez
/e.kaʁ.ki.je/ 		écarquillent
/e.kaʁ.kij/
imperfect écarquillais
/e.kaʁ.ki.jɛ/ 		écarquillais
/e.kaʁ.ki.jɛ/ 		écarquillait
/e.kaʁ.ki.jɛ/ 		écarquillions
/e.kaʁ.kij.jɔ̃/ 		écarquilliez
/e.kaʁ.kij.je/ 		écarquillaient
/e.kaʁ.ki.jɛ/
past historic2 écarquillai
/e.kaʁ.ki.je/ 		écarquillas
/e.kaʁ.ki.ja/ 		écarquilla
/e.kaʁ.ki.ja/ 		écarquillâmes
/e.kaʁ.ki.jam/ 		écarquillâtes
/e.kaʁ.ki.jat/ 		écarquillèrent
/e.kaʁ.ki.jɛʁ/
future écarquillerai
/e.kaʁ.kij.ʁe/ 		écarquilleras
/e.kaʁ.kij.ʁa/ 		écarquillera
/e.kaʁ.kij.ʁa/ 		écarquillerons
/e.kaʁ.kij.ʁɔ̃/ 		écarquillerez
/e.kaʁ.kij.ʁe/ 		écarquilleront
/e.kaʁ.kij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional écarquillerais
/e.kaʁ.kij.ʁɛ/ 		écarquillerais
/e.kaʁ.kij.ʁɛ/ 		écarquillerait
/e.kaʁ.kij.ʁɛ/ 		écarquillerions
/e.kaʁ.ki.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		écarquilleriez
/e.kaʁ.ki.jə.ʁje/ 		écarquilleraient
/e.kaʁ.kij.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 écarquille
/e.kaʁ.kij/ 		écarquilles
/e.kaʁ.kij/ 		écarquille
/e.kaʁ.kij/ 		écarquillions
/e.kaʁ.kij.jɔ̃/ 		écarquilliez
/e.kaʁ.kij.je/ 		écarquillent
/e.kaʁ.kij/
imperfect2 écarquillasse
/e.kaʁ.ki.jas/ 		écarquillasses
/e.kaʁ.ki.jas/ 		écarquillât
/e.kaʁ.ki.ja/ 		écarquillassions
/e.kaʁ.ki.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		écarquillassiez
/e.kaʁ.ki.ja.sje/ 		écarquillassent
/e.kaʁ.ki.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — écarquille
/e.kaʁ.kij/ 		— écarquillons
/e.kaʁ.ki.jɔ̃/ 		écarquillez
/e.kaʁ.ki.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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