appeler

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin appellāre (“to address, to call by name”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.p(ə).le/
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Rhymes: -e
Homophones: appelé, appelée, appelées, appelés, appelez

Verb

appeler

(transitive) to call (out)
(transitive) to call, phone, ring
Appelle-moi ce soir.
Call me this evening.
(transitive) to call for, summon
Nous devrions appeler un médecin.
We should call a doctor.
(intransitive) to call (out)
Elle a appelé à l’aide.
She called out for help.
(reflexive) to be called
Je m’appelle James.
My name is James.

Est-ce que vous ne vous appelez pas Jean ?
Isn't your name John?

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of appeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir past participle
infinitive	simple	appeler
present participle or gerund¹	simple	appelant /a.plɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		appelé /a.ple/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	appelle /a.pɛl/	appelles /a.pɛl/	appelle /a.pɛl/	appelons /a.plɔ̃/	appelez /a.ple/	appellent /a.pɛl/
	imperfect	appelais /a.plɛ/	appelais /a.plɛ/	appelait /a.plɛ/	appelions /a.pə.ljɔ̃/	appeliez /a.pə.lje/	appelaient /a.plɛ/
	past historic²	appelai /a.ple/	appelas /a.pla/	appela /a.pla/	appelâmes /a.plam/	appelâtes /a.plat/	appelèrent /a.plɛʁ/
	future	appellerai /a.pɛl.ʁe/	appelleras /a.pɛl.ʁa/	appellera /a.pɛl.ʁa/	appellerons /a.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/	appellerez /a.pɛl.ʁe/	appelleront /a.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	appellerais /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/	appellerais /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/	appellerait /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/	appellerions /a.pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.pe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	appelleriez /a.pɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /a.pe.lə.ʁje/	appelleraient /a.pɛl.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	appelle /a.pɛl/	appelles /a.pɛl/	appelle /a.pɛl/	appelions /a.pə.ljɔ̃/	appeliez /a.pə.lje/	appellent /a.pɛl/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	appelasse /a.plas/	appelasses /a.plas/	appelât /a.pla/	appelassions /a.pla.sjɔ̃/	appelassiez /a.pla.sje/	appelassent /a.plas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	appelle /a.pɛl/	—	appelons /a.plɔ̃/	appelez /a.ple/	—
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).

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of s'appeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	s'être past participle
infinitive	simple	s'appeler
present participle or gerund¹	simple	s’appelant /sa.plɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant or étant past participle
past participle		appelé /a.ple/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	m’appelle /ma.pɛl/	t’appelles /ta.pɛl/	s’appelle /sa.pɛl/	nous appelons /nu.z‿a.plɔ̃/	vous appelez /vu.z‿a.ple/	s’appellent /sa.pɛl/
	imperfect	m’appelais /ma.plɛ/	t’appelais /ta.plɛ/	s’appelait /sa.plɛ/	nous appelions /nu.z‿a.pə.ljɔ̃/	vous appeliez /vu.z‿a.pə.lje/	s’appelaient /sa.plɛ/
	past historic²	m’appelai /ma.ple/	t’appelas /ta.pla/	s’appela /sa.pla/	nous appelâmes /nu.z‿a.plam/	vous appelâtes /vu.z‿a.plat/	s’appelèrent /sa.plɛʁ/
	future	m’appellerai /ma.pɛl.ʁe/	t’appelleras /ta.pɛl.ʁa/	s’appellera /sa.pɛl.ʁa/	nous appellerons /nu.z‿a.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/	vous appellerez /vu.z‿a.pɛl.ʁe/	s’appelleront /sa.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	m’appellerais /ma.pɛl.ʁɛ/	t’appellerais /ta.pɛl.ʁɛ/	s’appellerait /sa.pɛl.ʁɛ/	nous appellerions /nu.z‿a.pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.pe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous appelleriez /vu.z‿a.pɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /vu.z‿a.pe.lə.ʁje/	s’appelleraient /sa.pɛl.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of s'être past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	m’appelle /ma.pɛl/	t’appelles /ta.pɛl/	s’appelle /sa.pɛl/	nous appelions /nu.z‿a.pə.ljɔ̃/	vous appeliez /vu.z‿a.pə.lje/	s’appellent /sa.pɛl/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	m’appelasse /ma.plas/	t’appelasses /ta.plas/	s’appelât /sa.pla/	nous appelassions /nu.z‿a.pla.sjɔ̃/	vous appelassiez /vu.z‿a.pla.sje/	s’appelassent /sa.plas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of s'être past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	appelle-toi /a.pɛl.twa/	—	appelons-nous /a.plɔ̃.nu/	appelez-vous /a.ple.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être past participle	simple imperative of s'être 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

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Anagrams

rappelé