caracoler

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English

Etymology

caracole +‎ -er

Noun

caracoler (plural caracolers)

  1. One who performs the caracole combat maneuver on horseback.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʁa.kɔ.le/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

caracoler

  1. (of a horse) to caracole
  2. go round and round, buzz round, flit about, flit around
  3. (figuratively) to sit pretty, to be (well) ahead, nestle (appear comfortable at the top of a ranking)
    ses tubes caracolent en tête du classement
    their tunes are high at the top of the charts.

Conjugation

Conjugation of caracoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple caracoler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple caracolant
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle caracolé
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present caracole
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/ 		caracoles
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/ 		caracole
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/ 		caracolons
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɔ̃/ 		caracolez
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.le/ 		caracolent
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/
imperfect caracolais
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɛ/ 		caracolais
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɛ/ 		caracolait
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɛ/ 		caracolions
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		caracoliez
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lje/ 		caracolaient
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɛ/
past historic2 caracolai
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.le/ 		caracolas
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.la/ 		caracola
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.la/ 		caracolâmes
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lam/ 		caracolâtes
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lat/ 		caracolèrent
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɛʁ/
future caracolerai
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁe/ 		caracoleras
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁa/ 		caracolera
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁa/ 		caracolerons
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁɔ̃/ 		caracolerez
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁe/ 		caracoleront
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional caracolerais
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁɛ/ 		caracolerais
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁɛ/ 		caracolerait
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.ʁɛ/ 		caracolerions
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		caracoleriez
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lə.ʁje/ 		caracoleraient
/ka.ʁa.kɔl.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 caracole
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/ 		caracoles
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/ 		caracole
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/ 		caracolions
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		caracoliez
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lje/ 		caracolent
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/
imperfect2 caracolasse
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.las/ 		caracolasses
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.las/ 		caracolât
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.la/ 		caracolassions
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ 		caracolassiez
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.la.sje/ 		caracolassent
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — caracole
/ka.ʁa.kɔl/ 		— caracolons
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.lɔ̃/ 		caracolez
/ka.ʁa.kɔ.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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