chanceler

English

Noun

chanceler (plural chancelers)

  1. Obsolete form of chancellor.

French

Etymology

Latin cancellāre, present active infinitive of cancellō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃sle/

Verb

chanceler

  1. to stagger, totter, reel (of person)
  2. to wobble (of object)
  3. to falter, waver (of resolve etc.)

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of chanceler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle chancelant
/ʃɑ̃.slɑ̃/
past participle chancelé
/ʃɑ̃.sle/
infinitive
simple chanceler
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple chancelant
/ʃɑ̃.slɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present chancelle or chancèle
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/		 chancelles or chancèles
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/		 chancelle or chancèle
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/		 chancelons
/ʃɑ̃.slɔ̃/		 chancelez
/ʃɑ̃.sle/		 chancellent or chancèlent
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/
imperfect chancelais
/ʃɑ̃.slɛ/		 chancelais
/ʃɑ̃.slɛ/		 chancelait
/ʃɑ̃.slɛ/		 chancelions
/ʃɑ̃.sə.ljɔ̃/		 chanceliez
/ʃɑ̃.sə.lje/		 chancelaient
/ʃɑ̃.slɛ/
past historic2 chancelai
/ʃɑ̃.sle/		 chancelas
/ʃɑ̃.sla/		 chancela
/ʃɑ̃.sla/		 chancelâmes
/ʃɑ̃.slam/		 chancelâtes
/ʃɑ̃.slat/		 chancelèrent
/ʃɑ̃.slɛʁ/
future chancellerai or chancèlerai
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁe/		 chancelleras or chancèleras
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁa/		 chancellera or chancèlera
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁa/		 chancellerons or chancèlerons
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/		 chancellerez or chancèlerez
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁe/		 chancelleront or chancèleront
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional chancellerais or chancèlerais
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/		 chancellerais or chancèlerais
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/		 chancellerait or chancèlerait
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/		 chancellerions or chancèlerions
/ʃɑ̃.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 chancelleriez or chancèleriez
/ʃɑ̃.sɛ.lə.ʁje/		 chancelleraient or chancèleraient
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl.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 chancelle or chancèle
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/		 chancelles or chancèles
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/		 chancelle or chancèle
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/		 chancelions
/ʃɑ̃.sə.ljɔ̃/		 chanceliez
/ʃɑ̃.sə.lje/		 chancellent or chancèlent
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/
imperfect2 chancelasse
/ʃɑ̃.slas/		 chancelasses
/ʃɑ̃.slas/		 chancelât
/ʃɑ̃.sla/		 chancelassions
/ʃɑ̃.sla.sjɔ̃/		 chancelassiez
/ʃɑ̃.sla.sje/		 chancelassent
/ʃɑ̃.slas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chancelle or chancèle
/ʃɑ̃.sɛl/		 — chancelons
/ʃɑ̃.slɔ̃/		 chancelez
/ʃɑ̃.sle/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Portuguese

Noun

chanceler m, f (plural chanceleres)

  1. chancellor (important notary; person in charge of some area of government)
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