dessiller

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French descillier. By surface analysis, dé- +‎ cil +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.si.je/
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Verb

dessiller

  1. (transitive, figurative) to open (someone's eyes) (to make them see or understand something)
    dessiller les yeux de quelqu’un ― to open someone's eyes

Conjugation

Conjugation of dessiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple dessiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple dessillant
/de.si.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle dessillé
/de.si.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present dessille
/de.sij/ 		dessilles
/de.sij/ 		dessille
/de.sij/ 		dessillons
/de.si.jɔ̃/ 		dessillez
/de.si.je/ 		dessillent
/de.sij/
imperfect dessillais
/de.si.jɛ/ 		dessillais
/de.si.jɛ/ 		dessillait
/de.si.jɛ/ 		dessillions
/de.sij.jɔ̃/ 		dessilliez
/de.sij.je/ 		dessillaient
/de.si.jɛ/
past historic2 dessillai
/de.si.je/ 		dessillas
/de.si.ja/ 		dessilla
/de.si.ja/ 		dessillâmes
/de.si.jam/ 		dessillâtes
/de.si.jat/ 		dessillèrent
/de.si.jɛʁ/
future dessillerai
/de.sij.ʁe/ 		dessilleras
/de.sij.ʁa/ 		dessillera
/de.sij.ʁa/ 		dessillerons
/de.sij.ʁɔ̃/ 		dessillerez
/de.sij.ʁe/ 		dessilleront
/de.sij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional dessillerais
/de.sij.ʁɛ/ 		dessillerais
/de.sij.ʁɛ/ 		dessillerait
/de.sij.ʁɛ/ 		dessillerions
/de.si.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		dessilleriez
/de.si.jə.ʁje/ 		dessilleraient
/de.sij.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 dessille
/de.sij/ 		dessilles
/de.sij/ 		dessille
/de.sij/ 		dessillions
/de.sij.jɔ̃/ 		dessilliez
/de.sij.je/ 		dessillent
/de.sij/
imperfect2 dessillasse
/de.si.jas/ 		dessillasses
/de.si.jas/ 		dessillât
/de.si.ja/ 		dessillassions
/de.si.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		dessillassiez
/de.si.ja.sje/ 		dessillassent
/de.si.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — dessille
/de.sij/ 		— dessillons
/de.si.jɔ̃/ 		dessillez
/de.si.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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