apeler

Old French

Etymology

From Latin appellāre, present active infinitive of appellō (“to address, to call by name”).

Verb

apeler

to call, to call out
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
  Tot maintenant la dameisele
  Un suen serjant privé apele[.]
  Right away, the lady
  
  Calls her own sergeant
- Le chevaler avant ala, e la pucele l'apela. (Lanval, Marie de France 12th or 13th century AD)
The knight went onwards, and the young girl called to him.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-els, *-elt are modified to eaus, eaut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of apeler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		apeler			avoir apelé
gerund		en apelant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		apelant
past participle		apelé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	apel	apeles	apele	apelons	apelez	apelent
	imperfect	apeloie, apeleie, apeloe, apeleve	apeloies, apeleies, apeloes, apeleves	apeloit, apeleit, apelot, apeleve	apeliiens, apeliens	apeliiez, apeliez	apeloient, apeleient, apeloent, apelevent
	preterite	apelai	apelas	apela	apelames	apelastes	apelerent
	future	apelerai	apeleras	apelera	apelerons	apeleroiz, apelereiz, apelerez	apeleront
	conditional	apeleroie, apelereie	apeleroies, apelereies	apeleroit, apelereit	apeleriiens, apeleriens	apeleriiez, apeleriez	apeleroient, apelereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	apel	apeaus	apeaut	apelons	apelez	apelent
simple tenses	imperfect	apelasse	apelasses	apelast	apelissons, apelissiens	apelissoiz, apelissez, apelissiez	apelassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	apele	—	apelons	apelez	—

Descendants

English: to appeal
French: appeler

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