From Middle French grommeler, from Old French grumeler (“to murmur, grumble”), from Middle Dutch grommelen (“to murmur, mutter, grunt”), frequentative of Middle Dutch grommen, related to Low German grummeln (“to grumble”), German grummeln (“to grumble”).
grommeler
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 grommèle and the third-person singular future indicative il grommèlera.
| infinitive | simple | grommeler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | grommelant /ɡʁɔm.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | grommelé /ɡʁɔm.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | grommèle /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
grommèles /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
grommèle /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
grommelons /ɡʁɔm.lɔ̃/ |
grommelez /ɡʁɔm.le/ |
grommèlent /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
| imperfect | grommelais /ɡʁɔm.lɛ/ |
grommelais /ɡʁɔm.lɛ/ |
grommelait /ɡʁɔm.lɛ/ |
grommelions /ɡʁɔ.mə.ljɔ̃/ |
grommeliez /ɡʁɔ.mə.lje/ |
grommelaient /ɡʁɔm.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | grommelai /ɡʁɔm.le/ |
grommelas /ɡʁɔm.la/ |
grommela /ɡʁɔm.la/ |
grommelâmes /ɡʁɔm.lam/ |
grommelâtes /ɡʁɔm.lat/ |
grommelèrent /ɡʁɔm.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | grommèlerai /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁe/ |
grommèleras /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁa/ |
grommèlera /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁa/ |
grommèlerons /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
grommèlerez /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁe/ |
grommèleront /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | grommèlerais /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁɛ/ |
grommèlerais /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁɛ/ |
grommèlerait /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁɛ/ |
grommèlerions /ɡʁɔ.mɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɔ.me.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
grommèleriez /ɡʁɔ.mɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ɡʁɔ.me.lə.ʁje/ |
grommèleraient /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.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 | grommèle /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
grommèles /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
grommèle /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
grommelions /ɡʁɔ.mə.ljɔ̃/ |
grommeliez /ɡʁɔ.mə.lje/ |
grommèlent /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | grommelasse /ɡʁɔm.las/ |
grommelasses /ɡʁɔm.las/ |
grommelât /ɡʁɔm.la/ |
grommelassions /ɡʁɔm.la.sjɔ̃/ |
grommelassiez /ɡʁɔm.la.sje/ |
grommelassent /ɡʁɔm.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | grommèle /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
— | grommelons /ɡʁɔm.lɔ̃/ |
grommelez /ɡʁɔm.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||