peler

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French peler, from Late Latin pilāre (“remove hair, depilate”), from Latin pilus, perhaps influenced by Old French pel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.le/

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Verb

peler

1. to peel

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il pèle and the third-person singular future indicative il pèlera.

Conjugation of peler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	peler
	compound	avoir past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pelant /pə.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		pelé /pə.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pèle /pɛl/	pèles /pɛl/	pèle /pɛl/	pelons /pə.lɔ̃/	pelez /pə.le/	pèlent /pɛl/
	imperfect	pelais /pə.lɛ/	pelais /pə.lɛ/	pelait /pə.lɛ/	pelions /pə.ljɔ̃/	peliez /pə.lje/	pelaient /pə.lɛ/
	past historic2	pelai /pə.le/	pelas /pə.la/	pela /pə.la/	pelâmes /pə.lam/	pelâtes /pə.lat/	pelèrent /pə.lɛʁ/
	future	pèlerai /pɛl.ʁe/	pèleras /pɛl.ʁa/	pèlera /pɛl.ʁa/	pèlerons /pɛl.ʁɔ̃/	pèlerez /pɛl.ʁe/	pèleront /pɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pèlerais /pɛl.ʁɛ/	pèlerais /pɛl.ʁɛ/	pèlerait /pɛl.ʁɛ/	pèlerions /pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	pèleriez /pɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /pe.lə.ʁje/	pèleraient /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	pèle /pɛl/	pèles /pɛl/	pèle /pɛl/	pelions /pə.ljɔ̃/	peliez /pə.lje/	pèlent /pɛl/
	imperfect2	pelasse /pə.las/	pelasses /pə.las/	pelât /pə.la/	pelassions /pə.la.sjɔ̃/	pelassiez /pə.la.sje/	pelassent /pə.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pèle /pɛl/	—	pelons /pə.lɔ̃/	pelez /pə.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

• avoir un œuf à peler
• trois pelés et un tondu

Further reading

• “peler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "peler"

Anagrams

• lèpre, perle, prèle, prêle

Indonesian

Etymology

Informal alternative form of pelir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈler/

Noun

peler

1. (slang, extremely vulgar) cock, dick, prick, schlong (the penis)

Usage notes

• Only used as a slang. Never in scientific and medical contexts.
• Considered harsher than titit but not as harsh as kontol.

Norman

Verb

peler

1. Alternative form of p'ler (“to peel”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

peler m

1. indefinite plural of pel