chambouler

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French

Etymology

Dialectal, probably a crossing of chambranler, chanceler (“to stagger”) and bouler (“to inflate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.bu.le/
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Verb

chambouler (informal, transitive)

  1. to shatter; to shake
  2. to turn upside down
    Synonym: bouleverser
    • 2019 January 11, Cécile Chambraud, “Loi de 1905 : Macron tranquillise les responsables des cultes”, in Le Monde‎:
      Le secrétaire général de la Conférence des évêques de France, Olivier Ribadeau Dumas, a mis en garde contre le risque politique inhérent à une retouche de la loi de 1905, qui est « pour certains un chiffon rouge ». « La loi de 1905 n’est pas un totem intouchable, un veau d’or, ironise François Clavairoly. Mais il ne s’agit pas non plus de tout chambouler. Entre les deux, il doit y avoir place pour la réforme. »
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  3. (by extension) to upset
    Synonym: bouleverser
    Ça me chamboulait tellement que j’ai explosé de colère.
    It bothered me so much that I exploded with anger.

Conjugation

Conjugation of chambouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chambouler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chamboulant
/ʃɑ̃.bu.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chamboulé
/ʃɑ̃.bu.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chamboule
/ʃɑ̃.bul/ 		chamboules
/ʃɑ̃.bul/ 		chamboule
/ʃɑ̃.bul/ 		chamboulons
/ʃɑ̃.bu.lɔ̃/ 		chamboulez
/ʃɑ̃.bu.le/ 		chamboulent
/ʃɑ̃.bul/
imperfect chamboulais
/ʃɑ̃.bu.lɛ/ 		chamboulais
/ʃɑ̃.bu.lɛ/ 		chamboulait
/ʃɑ̃.bu.lɛ/ 		chamboulions
/ʃɑ̃.bu.ljɔ̃/ 		chambouliez
/ʃɑ̃.bu.lje/ 		chamboulaient
/ʃɑ̃.bu.lɛ/
past historic2 chamboulai
/ʃɑ̃.bu.le/ 		chamboulas
/ʃɑ̃.bu.la/ 		chamboula
/ʃɑ̃.bu.la/ 		chamboulâmes
/ʃɑ̃.bu.lam/ 		chamboulâtes
/ʃɑ̃.bu.lat/ 		chamboulèrent
/ʃɑ̃.bu.lɛʁ/
future chamboulerai
/ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁe/ 		chambouleras
/ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁa/ 		chamboulera
/ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁa/ 		chamboulerons
/ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁɔ̃/ 		chamboulerez
/ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁe/ 		chambouleront
/ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁɔ̃/
conditional chamboulerais
/ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁɛ/ 		chamboulerais
/ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁɛ/ 		chamboulerait
/ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁɛ/ 		chamboulerions
/ʃɑ̃.bu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		chambouleriez
/ʃɑ̃.bu.lə.ʁje/ 		chambouleraient
/ʃɑ̃.bul.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 chamboule
/ʃɑ̃.bul/ 		chamboules
/ʃɑ̃.bul/ 		chamboule
/ʃɑ̃.bul/ 		chamboulions
/ʃɑ̃.bu.ljɔ̃/ 		chambouliez
/ʃɑ̃.bu.lje/ 		chamboulent
/ʃɑ̃.bul/
imperfect2 chamboulasse
/ʃɑ̃.bu.las/ 		chamboulasses
/ʃɑ̃.bu.las/ 		chamboulât
/ʃɑ̃.bu.la/ 		chamboulassions
/ʃɑ̃.bu.la.sjɔ̃/ 		chamboulassiez
/ʃɑ̃.bu.la.sje/ 		chamboulassent
/ʃɑ̃.bu.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chamboule
/ʃɑ̃.bul/ 		— chamboulons
/ʃɑ̃.bu.lɔ̃/ 		chamboulez
/ʃɑ̃.bu.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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