moduler

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin modulor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔ.dy.le/
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Verb

moduler

  1. (transitive) to modulate
  2. (intransitive, music) to modulate (to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression)

Conjugation
Conjugation of moduler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple moduler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple modulant
/mɔ.dy.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle modulé
/mɔ.dy.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present module
/mɔ.dyl/		 modules
/mɔ.dyl/		 module
/mɔ.dyl/		 modulons
/mɔ.dy.lɔ̃/		 modulez
/mɔ.dy.le/		 modulent
/mɔ.dyl/
imperfect modulais
/mɔ.dy.lɛ/		 modulais
/mɔ.dy.lɛ/		 modulait
/mɔ.dy.lɛ/		 modulions
/mɔ.dy.ljɔ̃/		 moduliez
/mɔ.dy.lje/		 modulaient
/mɔ.dy.lɛ/
past historic2 modulai
/mɔ.dy.le/		 modulas
/mɔ.dy.la/		 modula
/mɔ.dy.la/		 modulâmes
/mɔ.dy.lam/		 modulâtes
/mɔ.dy.lat/		 modulèrent
/mɔ.dy.lɛʁ/
future modulerai
/mɔ.dyl.ʁe/		 moduleras
/mɔ.dyl.ʁa/		 modulera
/mɔ.dyl.ʁa/		 modulerons
/mɔ.dyl.ʁɔ̃/		 modulerez
/mɔ.dyl.ʁe/		 moduleront
/mɔ.dyl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional modulerais
/mɔ.dyl.ʁɛ/		 modulerais
/mɔ.dyl.ʁɛ/		 modulerait
/mɔ.dyl.ʁɛ/		 modulerions
/mɔ.dy.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 moduleriez
/mɔ.dy.lə.ʁje/		 moduleraient
/mɔ.dyl.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 module
/mɔ.dyl/		 modules
/mɔ.dyl/		 module
/mɔ.dyl/		 modulions
/mɔ.dy.ljɔ̃/		 moduliez
/mɔ.dy.lje/		 modulent
/mɔ.dyl/
imperfect2 modulasse
/mɔ.dy.las/		 modulasses
/mɔ.dy.las/		 modulât
/mɔ.dy.la/		 modulassions
/mɔ.dy.la.sjɔ̃/		 modulassiez
/mɔ.dy.la.sje/		 modulassent
/mɔ.dy.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — module
/mɔ.dyl/		 — modulons
/mɔ.dy.lɔ̃/		 modulez
/mɔ.dy.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

Further reading

Latin

Verb

moduler

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of modulor

Swedish

Noun

moduler

  1. indefinite plural of modul
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