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fourmiller

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French formiier (with the suffix -iller, from Latin -iculāre), from Latin formīcāre. Cf. also Italian formicolare, Spanish hormiguear.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fourmiller

  1. to swarm, to be full of
    • 1877, Maurice Rollinat, “Le Champ de chardons”, in Dans les brandes, poèmes et rondels:
      Le champ fourmille de chardons : / Quel paradis pour le vieil âne !
      The field is swarming with thistles: / What a paradise for the old donkey!
  2. to tingle

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fourmiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fourmiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fourmillant
/fuʁ.mi.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fourmillé
/fuʁ.mi.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fourmille
/fuʁ.mij/ 		fourmilles
/fuʁ.mij/ 		fourmille
/fuʁ.mij/ 		fourmillons
/fuʁ.mi.jɔ̃/ 		fourmillez
/fuʁ.mi.je/ 		fourmillent
/fuʁ.mij/
imperfect fourmillais
/fuʁ.mi.jɛ/ 		fourmillais
/fuʁ.mi.jɛ/ 		fourmillait
/fuʁ.mi.jɛ/ 		fourmillions
/fuʁ.mij.jɔ̃/ 		fourmilliez
/fuʁ.mij.je/ 		fourmillaient
/fuʁ.mi.jɛ/
past historic2 fourmillai
/fuʁ.mi.je/ 		fourmillas
/fuʁ.mi.ja/ 		fourmilla
/fuʁ.mi.ja/ 		fourmillâmes
/fuʁ.mi.jam/ 		fourmillâtes
/fuʁ.mi.jat/ 		fourmillèrent
/fuʁ.mi.jɛʁ/
future fourmillerai
/fuʁ.mij.ʁe/ 		fourmilleras
/fuʁ.mij.ʁa/ 		fourmillera
/fuʁ.mij.ʁa/ 		fourmillerons
/fuʁ.mij.ʁɔ̃/ 		fourmillerez
/fuʁ.mij.ʁe/ 		fourmilleront
/fuʁ.mij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional fourmillerais
/fuʁ.mij.ʁɛ/ 		fourmillerais
/fuʁ.mij.ʁɛ/ 		fourmillerait
/fuʁ.mij.ʁɛ/ 		fourmillerions
/fuʁ.mi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		fourmilleriez
/fuʁ.mi.jə.ʁje/ 		fourmilleraient
/fuʁ.mij.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 fourmille
/fuʁ.mij/ 		fourmilles
/fuʁ.mij/ 		fourmille
/fuʁ.mij/ 		fourmillions
/fuʁ.mij.jɔ̃/ 		fourmilliez
/fuʁ.mij.je/ 		fourmillent
/fuʁ.mij/
imperfect2 fourmillasse
/fuʁ.mi.jas/ 		fourmillasses
/fuʁ.mi.jas/ 		fourmillât
/fuʁ.mi.ja/ 		fourmillassions
/fuʁ.mi.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		fourmillassiez
/fuʁ.mi.ja.sje/ 		fourmillassent
/fuʁ.mi.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fourmille
/fuʁ.mij/ 		— fourmillons
/fuʁ.mi.jɔ̃/ 		fourmillez
/fuʁ.mi.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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