scintiller

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scintillāre. Compare étinceler, which may be an inherited doublet through a Vulgar Latin derivative, or an internal formation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛ̃.ti.je/
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Verb

scintiller

  1. to sparkle, twinkle

Conjugation

Conjugation of scintiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple scintiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple scintillant
/sɛ̃.ti.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle scintillé
/sɛ̃.ti.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present scintille
/sɛ̃.tij/ 		scintilles
/sɛ̃.tij/ 		scintille
/sɛ̃.tij/ 		scintillons
/sɛ̃.ti.jɔ̃/ 		scintillez
/sɛ̃.ti.je/ 		scintillent
/sɛ̃.tij/
imperfect scintillais
/sɛ̃.ti.jɛ/ 		scintillais
/sɛ̃.ti.jɛ/ 		scintillait
/sɛ̃.ti.jɛ/ 		scintillions
/sɛ̃.tij.jɔ̃/ 		scintilliez
/sɛ̃.tij.je/ 		scintillaient
/sɛ̃.ti.jɛ/
past historic2 scintillai
/sɛ̃.ti.je/ 		scintillas
/sɛ̃.ti.ja/ 		scintilla
/sɛ̃.ti.ja/ 		scintillâmes
/sɛ̃.ti.jam/ 		scintillâtes
/sɛ̃.ti.jat/ 		scintillèrent
/sɛ̃.ti.jɛʁ/
future scintillerai
/sɛ̃.tij.ʁe/ 		scintilleras
/sɛ̃.tij.ʁa/ 		scintillera
/sɛ̃.tij.ʁa/ 		scintillerons
/sɛ̃.tij.ʁɔ̃/ 		scintillerez
/sɛ̃.tij.ʁe/ 		scintilleront
/sɛ̃.tij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional scintillerais
/sɛ̃.tij.ʁɛ/ 		scintillerais
/sɛ̃.tij.ʁɛ/ 		scintillerait
/sɛ̃.tij.ʁɛ/ 		scintillerions
/sɛ̃.ti.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		scintilleriez
/sɛ̃.ti.jə.ʁje/ 		scintilleraient
/sɛ̃.tij.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 scintille
/sɛ̃.tij/ 		scintilles
/sɛ̃.tij/ 		scintille
/sɛ̃.tij/ 		scintillions
/sɛ̃.tij.jɔ̃/ 		scintilliez
/sɛ̃.tij.je/ 		scintillent
/sɛ̃.tij/
imperfect2 scintillasse
/sɛ̃.ti.jas/ 		scintillasses
/sɛ̃.ti.jas/ 		scintillât
/sɛ̃.ti.ja/ 		scintillassions
/sɛ̃.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		scintillassiez
/sɛ̃.ti.ja.sje/ 		scintillassent
/sɛ̃.ti.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — scintille
/sɛ̃.tij/ 		— scintillons
/sɛ̃.ti.jɔ̃/ 		scintillez
/sɛ̃.ti.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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

scintiller

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of scintillō
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