câbler

See also: cabler

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ble/, /kɑ.ble/

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Verb

câbler

1. to cable
2. to twist together into a cable, to cable together

Conjugation

Conjugation of câbler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	câbler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	câblant /ka.blɑ̃/ or /kɑ.blɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		câblé /ka.ble/ or /kɑ.ble/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	câble /kabl/ or /kɑbl/	câbles /kabl/ or /kɑbl/	câble /kabl/ or /kɑbl/	câblons /ka.blɔ̃/ or /kɑ.blɔ̃/	câblez /ka.ble/ or /kɑ.ble/	câblent /kabl/ or /kɑbl/
	imperfect	câblais /ka.blɛ/ or /kɑ.blɛ/	câblais /ka.blɛ/ or /kɑ.blɛ/	câblait /ka.blɛ/ or /kɑ.blɛ/	câblions /ka.bli.jɔ̃/ or /kɑ.bli.jɔ̃/	câbliez /ka.bli.je/ or /kɑ.bli.je/	câblaient /ka.blɛ/ or /kɑ.blɛ/
	past historic2	câblai /ka.ble/ or /kɑ.ble/	câblas /ka.bla/ or /kɑ.bla/	câbla /ka.bla/ or /kɑ.bla/	câblâmes /ka.blam/ or /kɑ.blam/	câblâtes /ka.blat/ or /kɑ.blat/	câblèrent /ka.blɛʁ/ or /kɑ.blɛʁ/
	future	câblerai /ka.blə.ʁe/ or /kɑ.blə.ʁe/	câbleras /ka.blə.ʁa/ or /kɑ.blə.ʁa/	câblera /ka.blə.ʁa/ or /kɑ.blə.ʁa/	câblerons /ka.blə.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɑ.blə.ʁɔ̃/	câblerez /ka.blə.ʁe/ or /kɑ.blə.ʁe/	câbleront /ka.blə.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɑ.blə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	câblerais /ka.blə.ʁɛ/ or /kɑ.blə.ʁɛ/	câblerais /ka.blə.ʁɛ/ or /kɑ.blə.ʁɛ/	câblerait /ka.blə.ʁɛ/ or /kɑ.blə.ʁɛ/	câblerions /ka.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.blə.ʁjɔ̃/	câbleriez /ka.blə.ʁje/ or /kɑ.blə.ʁje/	câbleraient /ka.blə.ʁɛ/ or /kɑ.blə.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	câble /kabl/ or /kɑbl/	câbles /kabl/ or /kɑbl/	câble /kabl/ or /kɑbl/	câblions /ka.bli.jɔ̃/ or /kɑ.bli.jɔ̃/	câbliez /ka.bli.je/ or /kɑ.bli.je/	câblent /kabl/ or /kɑbl/
	imperfect2	câblasse /ka.blas/ or /kɑ.blas/	câblasses /ka.blas/ or /kɑ.blas/	câblât /ka.bla/ or /kɑ.bla/	câblassions /ka.bla.sjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.bla.sjɔ̃/	câblassiez /ka.bla.sje/ or /kɑ.bla.sje/	câblassent /ka.blas/ or /kɑ.blas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	câble /kabl/ or /kɑbl/	—	câblons /ka.blɔ̃/ or /kɑ.blɔ̃/	câblez /ka.ble/ or /kɑ.ble/	—
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).

Further reading

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