tailler

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French taillier, from Late Latin tāliāre, a verb based on Latin tālea (“cutting taken from a plant”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.je/ ~ /tɑ.je/
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Verb

tailler

  1. (of a suit, garment etc.) to cut
  2. to sharpen
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, informal) to do one, to clear off

Conjugation

Conjugation of tailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tailler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple taillant
/ta.jɑ̃/ or /tɑ.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle taillé
/ta.je/ or /tɑ.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present taille
/taj/ or /tɑj/ 		tailles
/taj/ or /tɑj/ 		taille
/taj/ or /tɑj/ 		taillons
/ta.jɔ̃/ or /tɑ.jɔ̃/ 		taillez
/ta.je/ or /tɑ.je/ 		taillent
/taj/ or /tɑj/
imperfect taillais
/ta.jɛ/ or /tɑ.jɛ/ 		taillais
/ta.jɛ/ or /tɑ.jɛ/ 		taillait
/ta.jɛ/ or /tɑ.jɛ/ 		taillions
/taj.jɔ̃/ or /tɑj.jɔ̃/ 		tailliez
/taj.je/ or /tɑj.je/ 		taillaient
/ta.jɛ/ or /tɑ.jɛ/
past historic2 taillai
/ta.je/ or /tɑ.je/ 		taillas
/ta.ja/ or /tɑ.ja/ 		tailla
/ta.ja/ or /tɑ.ja/ 		taillâmes
/ta.jam/ or /tɑ.jam/ 		taillâtes
/ta.jat/ or /tɑ.jat/ 		taillèrent
/ta.jɛʁ/ or /tɑ.jɛʁ/
future taillerai
/taj.ʁe/ or /tɑj.ʁe/ 		tailleras
/taj.ʁa/ or /tɑj.ʁa/ 		taillera
/taj.ʁa/ or /tɑj.ʁa/ 		taillerons
/taj.ʁɔ̃/ or /tɑj.ʁɔ̃/ 		taillerez
/taj.ʁe/ or /tɑj.ʁe/ 		tailleront
/taj.ʁɔ̃/ or /tɑj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional taillerais
/taj.ʁɛ/ or /tɑj.ʁɛ/ 		taillerais
/taj.ʁɛ/ or /tɑj.ʁɛ/ 		taillerait
/taj.ʁɛ/ or /tɑj.ʁɛ/ 		taillerions
/ta.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		tailleriez
/ta.jə.ʁje/ or /tɑ.jə.ʁje/ 		tailleraient
/taj.ʁɛ/ or /tɑj.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 taille
/taj/ or /tɑj/ 		tailles
/taj/ or /tɑj/ 		taille
/taj/ or /tɑj/ 		taillions
/taj.jɔ̃/ or /tɑj.jɔ̃/ 		tailliez
/taj.je/ or /tɑj.je/ 		taillent
/taj/ or /tɑj/
imperfect2 taillasse
/ta.jas/ or /tɑ.jas/ 		taillasses
/ta.jas/ or /tɑ.jas/ 		taillât
/ta.ja/ or /tɑ.ja/ 		taillassions
/ta.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		taillassiez
/ta.ja.sje/ or /tɑ.ja.sje/ 		taillassent
/ta.jas/ or /tɑ.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — taille
/taj/ or /tɑj/ 		— taillons
/ta.jɔ̃/ or /tɑ.jɔ̃/ 		taillez
/ta.je/ or /tɑ.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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