cafouiller

French

Etymology

From Picard, from ca- +‎ fouiller.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.fu.je/
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Verb

cafouiller

  1. (intransitive) to play up, be in a mess, fall apart

Conjugation
Conjugation of cafouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cafouiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cafouillant
/ka.fu.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cafouillé
/ka.fu.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cafouille
/ka.fuj/		 cafouilles
/ka.fuj/		 cafouille
/ka.fuj/		 cafouillons
/ka.fu.jɔ̃/		 cafouillez
/ka.fu.je/		 cafouillent
/ka.fuj/
imperfect cafouillais
/ka.fu.jɛ/		 cafouillais
/ka.fu.jɛ/		 cafouillait
/ka.fu.jɛ/		 cafouillions
/ka.fuj.jɔ̃/		 cafouilliez
/ka.fuj.je/		 cafouillaient
/ka.fu.jɛ/
past historic2 cafouillai
/ka.fu.je/		 cafouillas
/ka.fu.ja/		 cafouilla
/ka.fu.ja/		 cafouillâmes
/ka.fu.jam/		 cafouillâtes
/ka.fu.jat/		 cafouillèrent
/ka.fu.jɛʁ/
future cafouillerai
/ka.fuj.ʁe/		 cafouilleras
/ka.fuj.ʁa/		 cafouillera
/ka.fuj.ʁa/		 cafouillerons
/ka.fuj.ʁɔ̃/		 cafouillerez
/ka.fuj.ʁe/		 cafouilleront
/ka.fuj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cafouillerais
/ka.fuj.ʁɛ/		 cafouillerais
/ka.fuj.ʁɛ/		 cafouillerait
/ka.fuj.ʁɛ/		 cafouillerions
/ka.fu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 cafouilleriez
/ka.fu.jə.ʁje/		 cafouilleraient
/ka.fuj.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 cafouille
/ka.fuj/		 cafouilles
/ka.fuj/		 cafouille
/ka.fuj/		 cafouillions
/ka.fuj.jɔ̃/		 cafouilliez
/ka.fuj.je/		 cafouillent
/ka.fuj/
imperfect2 cafouillasse
/ka.fu.jas/		 cafouillasses
/ka.fu.jas/		 cafouillât
/ka.fu.ja/		 cafouillassions
/ka.fu.ja.sjɔ̃/		 cafouillassiez
/ka.fu.ja.sje/		 cafouillassent
/ka.fu.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cafouille
/ka.fuj/		 — cafouillons
/ka.fu.jɔ̃/		 cafouillez
/ka.fu.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).

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