floculer

French

Etymology

From Latin flocculus (“small flake”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

floculer

1. to flocculate

Conjugation

Conjugation of floculer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	floculer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	floculant /flɔ.ky.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		floculé /flɔ.ky.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	flocule /flɔ.kyl/	flocules /flɔ.kyl/	flocule /flɔ.kyl/	floculons /flɔ.ky.lɔ̃/	floculez /flɔ.ky.le/	floculent /flɔ.kyl/
	imperfect	floculais /flɔ.ky.lɛ/	floculais /flɔ.ky.lɛ/	floculait /flɔ.ky.lɛ/	floculions /flɔ.ky.ljɔ̃/	floculiez /flɔ.ky.lje/	floculaient /flɔ.ky.lɛ/
	past historic2	floculai /flɔ.ky.le/	floculas /flɔ.ky.la/	flocula /flɔ.ky.la/	floculâmes /flɔ.ky.lam/	floculâtes /flɔ.ky.lat/	floculèrent /flɔ.ky.lɛʁ/
	future	floculerai /flɔ.kyl.ʁe/	floculeras /flɔ.kyl.ʁa/	floculera /flɔ.kyl.ʁa/	floculerons /flɔ.kyl.ʁɔ̃/	floculerez /flɔ.kyl.ʁe/	floculeront /flɔ.kyl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	floculerais /flɔ.kyl.ʁɛ/	floculerais /flɔ.kyl.ʁɛ/	floculerait /flɔ.kyl.ʁɛ/	floculerions /flɔ.ky.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	floculeriez /flɔ.ky.lə.ʁje/	floculeraient /flɔ.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	flocule /flɔ.kyl/	flocules /flɔ.kyl/	flocule /flɔ.kyl/	floculions /flɔ.ky.ljɔ̃/	floculiez /flɔ.ky.lje/	floculent /flɔ.kyl/
	imperfect2	floculasse /flɔ.ky.las/	floculasses /flɔ.ky.las/	floculât /flɔ.ky.la/	floculassions /flɔ.ky.la.sjɔ̃/	floculassiez /flɔ.ky.la.sje/	floculassent /flɔ.ky.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	flocule /flɔ.kyl/	—	floculons /flɔ.ky.lɔ̃/	floculez /flɔ.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

• floculation

Related terms

• flocon

Further reading

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