piailler

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French

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic; compare piaf

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pja.je/ ~ /pjɑ.je/
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Verb

piailler

  1. to cheep; to chirp
    Dans les buissons piaillaient les moineaux.
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  2. to emit high pitched noise
    Deux individus se réunissaient, à une heure convenue, au son d'un orgue et en présence d'invités (...) puis, au bout d'un nombre de mois déterminés, sauf accident, ils donnaient le jour à d'affreux bambins qui piaillaient, pendant des nuits entières... (Huysmans, Marthe, 1876)

Conjugation

Conjugation of piailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple piailler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple piaillant
/pja.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle piaillé
/pja.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present piaille
/pjaj/ 		piailles
/pjaj/ 		piaille
/pjaj/ 		piaillons
/pja.jɔ̃/ 		piaillez
/pja.je/ 		piaillent
/pjaj/
imperfect piaillais
/pja.jɛ/ 		piaillais
/pja.jɛ/ 		piaillait
/pja.jɛ/ 		piaillions
/pjaj.jɔ̃/ 		piailliez
/pjaj.je/ 		piaillaient
/pja.jɛ/
past historic2 piaillai
/pja.je/ 		piaillas
/pja.ja/ 		piailla
/pja.ja/ 		piaillâmes
/pja.jam/ 		piaillâtes
/pja.jat/ 		piaillèrent
/pja.jɛʁ/
future piaillerai
/pjaj.ʁe/ 		piailleras
/pjaj.ʁa/ 		piaillera
/pjaj.ʁa/ 		piaillerons
/pjaj.ʁɔ̃/ 		piaillerez
/pjaj.ʁe/ 		piailleront
/pjaj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional piaillerais
/pjaj.ʁɛ/ 		piaillerais
/pjaj.ʁɛ/ 		piaillerait
/pjaj.ʁɛ/ 		piaillerions
/pja.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		piailleriez
/pja.jə.ʁje/ 		piailleraient
/pjaj.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 piaille
/pjaj/ 		piailles
/pjaj/ 		piaille
/pjaj/ 		piaillions
/pjaj.jɔ̃/ 		piailliez
/pjaj.je/ 		piaillent
/pjaj/
imperfect2 piaillasse
/pja.jas/ 		piaillasses
/pja.jas/ 		piaillât
/pja.ja/ 		piaillassions
/pja.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		piaillassiez
/pja.ja.sje/ 		piaillassent
/pja.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — piaille
/pjaj/ 		— piaillons
/pja.jɔ̃/ 		piaillez
/pja.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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