aiguiller

French

Etymology

From aiguille (“needle (as in a compass)”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.ɡɥi.je/, /e.ɡɥi.je/

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Verb

aiguiller

1. (transitive) to direct (towards)
2. (transitive) to change / switch points (railway)

Conjugation

Conjugation of aiguiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	aiguiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	aiguillant /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɑ̃/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		aiguillé /ɛ.ɡɥi.je/ or /e.ɡɥi.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	aiguille /ɛ.ɡɥij/ or /e.ɡɥij/	aiguilles /ɛ.ɡɥij/ or /e.ɡɥij/	aiguille /ɛ.ɡɥij/ or /e.ɡɥij/	aiguillons /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ̃/	aiguillez /ɛ.ɡɥi.je/ or /e.ɡɥi.je/	aiguillent /ɛ.ɡɥij/ or /e.ɡɥij/
	imperfect	aiguillais /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɛ/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɛ/	aiguillais /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɛ/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɛ/	aiguillait /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɛ/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɛ/	aiguillions /ɛ.ɡɥij.jɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥij.jɔ̃/	aiguilliez /ɛ.ɡɥij.je/ or /e.ɡɥij.je/	aiguillaient /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɛ/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɛ/
	past historic2	aiguillai /ɛ.ɡɥi.je/ or /e.ɡɥi.je/	aiguillas /ɛ.ɡɥi.ja/ or /e.ɡɥi.ja/	aiguilla /ɛ.ɡɥi.ja/ or /e.ɡɥi.ja/	aiguillâmes /ɛ.ɡɥi.jam/ or /e.ɡɥi.jam/	aiguillâtes /ɛ.ɡɥi.jat/ or /e.ɡɥi.jat/	aiguillèrent /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɛʁ/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɛʁ/
	future	aiguillerai /ɛ.ɡɥij.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɥij.ʁe/	aiguilleras /ɛ.ɡɥij.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɥij.ʁa/	aiguillera /ɛ.ɡɥij.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɥij.ʁa/	aiguillerons /ɛ.ɡɥij.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥij.ʁɔ̃/	aiguillerez /ɛ.ɡɥij.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɥij.ʁe/	aiguilleront /ɛ.ɡɥij.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥij.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	aiguillerais /ɛ.ɡɥij.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɥij.ʁɛ/	aiguillerais /ɛ.ɡɥij.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɥij.ʁɛ/	aiguillerait /ɛ.ɡɥij.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɥij.ʁɛ/	aiguillerions /ɛ.ɡɥi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	aiguilleriez /ɛ.ɡɥi.jə.ʁje/ or /e.ɡɥi.jə.ʁje/	aiguilleraient /ɛ.ɡɥij.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɥij.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	aiguille /ɛ.ɡɥij/ or /e.ɡɥij/	aiguilles /ɛ.ɡɥij/ or /e.ɡɥij/	aiguille /ɛ.ɡɥij/ or /e.ɡɥij/	aiguillions /ɛ.ɡɥij.jɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥij.jɔ̃/	aiguilliez /ɛ.ɡɥij.je/ or /e.ɡɥij.je/	aiguillent /ɛ.ɡɥij/ or /e.ɡɥij/
	imperfect2	aiguillasse /ɛ.ɡɥi.jas/ or /e.ɡɥi.jas/	aiguillasses /ɛ.ɡɥi.jas/ or /e.ɡɥi.jas/	aiguillât /ɛ.ɡɥi.ja/ or /e.ɡɥi.ja/	aiguillassions /ɛ.ɡɥi.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥi.ja.sjɔ̃/	aiguillassiez /ɛ.ɡɥi.ja.sje/ or /e.ɡɥi.ja.sje/	aiguillassent /ɛ.ɡɥi.jas/ or /e.ɡɥi.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	aiguille /ɛ.ɡɥij/ or /e.ɡɥij/	—	aiguillons /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ̃/	aiguillez /ɛ.ɡɥi.je/ or /e.ɡɥi.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

• aiguillage

Further reading

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