beugler

French

Etymology

Derived from Old French bugle, itself borrowed from Latin buculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bø.ɡle/, /bœ.ɡle/

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Verb

beugler

1. (of a cow, intransitive) to moo
2. (figuratively, intransitive) to cry out; to shout

Conjugation

Conjugation of beugler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	beugler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	beuglant /bø.ɡlɑ̃/ or /bœ.ɡlɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		beuglé /bø.ɡle/ or /bœ.ɡle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	beugle /bøɡl/ or /bœɡl/	beugles /bøɡl/ or /bœɡl/	beugle /bøɡl/ or /bœɡl/	beuglons /bø.ɡlɔ̃/ or /bœ.ɡlɔ̃/	beuglez /bø.ɡle/ or /bœ.ɡle/	beuglent /bøɡl/ or /bœɡl/
	imperfect	beuglais /bø.ɡlɛ/ or /bœ.ɡlɛ/	beuglais /bø.ɡlɛ/ or /bœ.ɡlɛ/	beuglait /bø.ɡlɛ/ or /bœ.ɡlɛ/	beuglions /bø.ɡli.jɔ̃/ or /bœ.ɡli.jɔ̃/	beugliez /bø.ɡli.je/ or /bœ.ɡli.je/	beuglaient /bø.ɡlɛ/ or /bœ.ɡlɛ/
	past historic2	beuglai /bø.ɡle/ or /bœ.ɡle/	beuglas /bø.ɡla/ or /bœ.ɡla/	beugla /bø.ɡla/ or /bœ.ɡla/	beuglâmes /bø.ɡlam/ or /bœ.ɡlam/	beuglâtes /bø.ɡlat/ or /bœ.ɡlat/	beuglèrent /bø.ɡlɛʁ/ or /bœ.ɡlɛʁ/
	future	beuglerai /bø.ɡlə.ʁe/ or /bœ.ɡlə.ʁe/	beugleras /bø.ɡlə.ʁa/ or /bœ.ɡlə.ʁa/	beuglera /bø.ɡlə.ʁa/ or /bœ.ɡlə.ʁa/	beuglerons /bø.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/ or /bœ.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/	beuglerez /bø.ɡlə.ʁe/ or /bœ.ɡlə.ʁe/	beugleront /bø.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/ or /bœ.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	beuglerais /bø.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ or /bœ.ɡlə.ʁɛ/	beuglerais /bø.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ or /bœ.ɡlə.ʁɛ/	beuglerait /bø.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ or /bœ.ɡlə.ʁɛ/	beuglerions /bø.ɡlə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bœ.ɡlə.ʁjɔ̃/	beugleriez /bø.ɡlə.ʁje/ or /bœ.ɡlə.ʁje/	beugleraient /bø.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ or /bœ.ɡlə.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	beugle /bøɡl/ or /bœɡl/	beugles /bøɡl/ or /bœɡl/	beugle /bøɡl/ or /bœɡl/	beuglions /bø.ɡli.jɔ̃/ or /bœ.ɡli.jɔ̃/	beugliez /bø.ɡli.je/ or /bœ.ɡli.je/	beuglent /bøɡl/ or /bœɡl/
	imperfect2	beuglasse /bø.ɡlas/ or /bœ.ɡlas/	beuglasses /bø.ɡlas/ or /bœ.ɡlas/	beuglât /bø.ɡla/ or /bœ.ɡla/	beuglassions /bø.ɡla.sjɔ̃/ or /bœ.ɡla.sjɔ̃/	beuglassiez /bø.ɡla.sje/ or /bœ.ɡla.sje/	beuglassent /bø.ɡlas/ or /bœ.ɡlas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	beugle /bøɡl/ or /bœɡl/	—	beuglons /bø.ɡlɔ̃/ or /bœ.ɡlɔ̃/	beuglez /bø.ɡle/ or /bœ.ɡle/	—
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).

Synonyms

• meugler

Derived terms

• beuglement

Further reading

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