vriller

French

Etymology

vrille +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vʁi.je/
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Verb

vriller

  1. to wind up; roll up
    • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 2, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
      Le son est si insupportable que la foule se vrille de douleur, avant de fuir s’abriter, en titubant. Les salauds !
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. to gimlet

Conjugation
Conjugation of vriller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple vriller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple vrillant
/vʁi.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle vrillé
/vʁi.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vrille
/vʁij/		 vrilles
/vʁij/		 vrille
/vʁij/		 vrillons
/vʁi.jɔ̃/		 vrillez
/vʁi.je/		 vrillent
/vʁij/
imperfect vrillais
/vʁi.jɛ/		 vrillais
/vʁi.jɛ/		 vrillait
/vʁi.jɛ/		 vrillions
/vʁij.jɔ̃/		 vrilliez
/vʁij.je/		 vrillaient
/vʁi.jɛ/
past historic2 vrillai
/vʁi.je/		 vrillas
/vʁi.ja/		 vrilla
/vʁi.ja/		 vrillâmes
/vʁi.jam/		 vrillâtes
/vʁi.jat/		 vrillèrent
/vʁi.jɛʁ/
future vrillerai
/vʁij.ʁe/		 vrilleras
/vʁij.ʁa/		 vrillera
/vʁij.ʁa/		 vrillerons
/vʁij.ʁɔ̃/		 vrillerez
/vʁij.ʁe/		 vrilleront
/vʁij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional vrillerais
/vʁij.ʁɛ/		 vrillerais
/vʁij.ʁɛ/		 vrillerait
/vʁij.ʁɛ/		 vrillerions
/vʁi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 vrilleriez
/vʁi.jə.ʁje/		 vrilleraient
/vʁij.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 vrille
/vʁij/		 vrilles
/vʁij/		 vrille
/vʁij/		 vrillions
/vʁij.jɔ̃/		 vrilliez
/vʁij.je/		 vrillent
/vʁij/
imperfect2 vrillasse
/vʁi.jas/		 vrillasses
/vʁi.jas/		 vrillât
/vʁi.ja/		 vrillassions
/vʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/		 vrillassiez
/vʁi.ja.sje/		 vrillassent
/vʁi.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vrille
/vʁij/		 — vrillons
/vʁi.jɔ̃/		 vrillez
/vʁi.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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