avaller

Middle French

Verb

avaller

1. (transitive) to ingest; to swallow

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of avaller

infinitive	simple	avaller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	avallant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		avallé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	avalle	avalles	avalle	avallons	avallez	avallent
	imperfect	avallois, avalloys	avallois, avalloys	avalloit, avalloyt	avallions, avallyons	avalliez, avallyez	avalloient, avalloyent
	past historic	avalla	avallas	avalla	avallasmes	avallastes	avallerent
	future	avallerai, avalleray	avalleras	avallera	avallerons	avallerez	avalleront
	conditional	avallerois, avalleroys	avallerois, avalleroys	avalleroit, avalleroyt	avallerions, avalleryons	avalleriez, avalleryez	avalleroient, avalleroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	avalle	avalles	avalle	avallons	avallez	avallent
	imperfect	avallasse	avallasses	avallast	avallassions	avallassiez	avallassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	avalle	—	avallons	avallez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: avaler