éculer

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ cul +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ky.le/

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Verb

éculer

1. to damage or remove the bottom of something; particularly the sole of a shoe

Conjugation

Conjugation of éculer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	éculer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	éculant /e.ky.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		éculé /e.ky.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	écule /e.kyl/	écules /e.kyl/	écule /e.kyl/	éculons /e.ky.lɔ̃/	éculez /e.ky.le/	éculent /e.kyl/
	imperfect	éculais /e.ky.lɛ/	éculais /e.ky.lɛ/	éculait /e.ky.lɛ/	éculions /e.ky.ljɔ̃/	éculiez /e.ky.lje/	éculaient /e.ky.lɛ/
	past historic2	éculai /e.ky.le/	éculas /e.ky.la/	écula /e.ky.la/	éculâmes /e.ky.lam/	éculâtes /e.ky.lat/	éculèrent /e.ky.lɛʁ/
	future	éculerai /e.kyl.ʁe/	éculeras /e.kyl.ʁa/	éculera /e.kyl.ʁa/	éculerons /e.kyl.ʁɔ̃/	éculerez /e.kyl.ʁe/	éculeront /e.kyl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	éculerais /e.kyl.ʁɛ/	éculerais /e.kyl.ʁɛ/	éculerait /e.kyl.ʁɛ/	éculerions /e.ky.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	éculeriez /e.ky.lə.ʁje/	éculeraient /e.kyl.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	écule /e.kyl/	écules /e.kyl/	écule /e.kyl/	éculions /e.ky.ljɔ̃/	éculiez /e.ky.lje/	éculent /e.kyl/
	imperfect2	éculasse /e.ky.las/	éculasses /e.ky.las/	éculât /e.ky.la/	éculassions /e.ky.la.sjɔ̃/	éculassiez /e.ky.la.sje/	éculassent /e.ky.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	écule /e.kyl/	—	éculons /e.ky.lɔ̃/	éculez /e.ky.le/	—
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).

Derived terms

• éculé

Further reading

• “éculer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• recule, reculé, ulcère, ulcéré