congeler

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin congelāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃ʒ.le/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Verb

congeler

  1. freeze (to lower something's temperature to freezing point)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il congèle and the third-person singular future indicative il congèlera.

Conjugation of congeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple congeler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple congelant
/kɔ̃ʒ.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle congelé
/kɔ̃ʒ.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present congèle
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ 		congèles
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ 		congèle
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ 		congelons
/kɔ̃ʒ.lɔ̃/ 		congelez
/kɔ̃ʒ.le/ 		congèlent
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl/
imperfect congelais
/kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/ 		congelais
/kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/ 		congelait
/kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/ 		congelions
/kɔ̃.ʒə.ljɔ̃/ 		congeliez
/kɔ̃.ʒə.lje/ 		congelaient
/kɔ̃ʒ.lɛ/
past historic2 congelai
/kɔ̃ʒ.le/ 		congelas
/kɔ̃ʒ.la/ 		congela
/kɔ̃ʒ.la/ 		congelâmes
/kɔ̃ʒ.lam/ 		congelâtes
/kɔ̃ʒ.lat/ 		congelèrent
/kɔ̃ʒ.lɛʁ/
future congèlerai
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁe/ 		congèleras
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁa/ 		congèlera
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁa/ 		congèlerons
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/ 		congèlerez
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁe/ 		congèleront
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional congèlerais
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ 		congèlerais
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ 		congèlerait
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/ 		congèlerions
/kɔ̃.ʒɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ʒe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		congèleriez
/kɔ̃.ʒɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /kɔ̃.ʒe.lə.ʁje/ 		congèleraient
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl.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 congèle
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ 		congèles
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ 		congèle
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ 		congelions
/kɔ̃.ʒə.ljɔ̃/ 		congeliez
/kɔ̃.ʒə.lje/ 		congèlent
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl/
imperfect2 congelasse
/kɔ̃ʒ.las/ 		congelasses
/kɔ̃ʒ.las/ 		congelât
/kɔ̃ʒ.la/ 		congelassions
/kɔ̃ʒ.la.sjɔ̃/ 		congelassiez
/kɔ̃ʒ.la.sje/ 		congelassent
/kɔ̃ʒ.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — congèle
/kɔ̃.ʒɛl/ 		— congelons
/kɔ̃ʒ.lɔ̃/ 		congelez
/kɔ̃ʒ.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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