quadriller

English

Etymology

From quadrille +‎ -er.

Noun

quadriller (plural quadrillers)

1. One who dances the quadrille.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.dʁi.je/

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Verb

quadriller

1. (of paper) to crosshatch (mark into squares)
2. to criss-cross

Conjugation

Conjugation of quadriller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	quadriller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	quadrillant /ka.dʁi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		quadrillé /ka.dʁi.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	quadrille /ka.dʁij/	quadrilles /ka.dʁij/	quadrille /ka.dʁij/	quadrillons /ka.dʁi.jɔ̃/	quadrillez /ka.dʁi.je/	quadrillent /ka.dʁij/
	imperfect	quadrillais /ka.dʁi.jɛ/	quadrillais /ka.dʁi.jɛ/	quadrillait /ka.dʁi.jɛ/	quadrillions /ka.dʁij.jɔ̃/	quadrilliez /ka.dʁij.je/	quadrillaient /ka.dʁi.jɛ/
	past historic2	quadrillai /ka.dʁi.je/	quadrillas /ka.dʁi.ja/	quadrilla /ka.dʁi.ja/	quadrillâmes /ka.dʁi.jam/	quadrillâtes /ka.dʁi.jat/	quadrillèrent /ka.dʁi.jɛʁ/
	future	quadrillerai /ka.dʁij.ʁe/	quadrilleras /ka.dʁij.ʁa/	quadrillera /ka.dʁij.ʁa/	quadrillerons /ka.dʁij.ʁɔ̃/	quadrillerez /ka.dʁij.ʁe/	quadrilleront /ka.dʁij.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	quadrillerais /ka.dʁij.ʁɛ/	quadrillerais /ka.dʁij.ʁɛ/	quadrillerait /ka.dʁij.ʁɛ/	quadrillerions /ka.dʁi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	quadrilleriez /ka.dʁi.jə.ʁje/	quadrilleraient /ka.dʁij.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	quadrille /ka.dʁij/	quadrilles /ka.dʁij/	quadrille /ka.dʁij/	quadrillions /ka.dʁij.jɔ̃/	quadrilliez /ka.dʁij.je/	quadrillent /ka.dʁij/
	imperfect2	quadrillasse /ka.dʁi.jas/	quadrillasses /ka.dʁi.jas/	quadrillât /ka.dʁi.ja/	quadrillassions /ka.dʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/	quadrillassiez /ka.dʁi.ja.sje/	quadrillassent /ka.dʁi.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	quadrille /ka.dʁij/	—	quadrillons /ka.dʁi.jɔ̃/	quadrillez /ka.dʁi.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).

Related terms

• quadrillage

Further reading

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