flageller

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin flagellāre (“to scourge, whip”). Doublet of fêler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla.ʒɛ.le/, /fla.ʒe.le/

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Verb

flageller

1. (transitive) to beat severely, with a scourge or a whip
2. (reflexive) to whip oneself as mortification
3. (transitive) to abuse verbally, give a tongue-lashing

Conjugation

Conjugation of flageller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	flageller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	flagellant /fla.ʒɛ.lɑ̃/ or /fla.ʒe.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		flagellé /fla.ʒɛ.le/ or /fla.ʒe.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	flagelle /fla.ʒɛl/	flagelles /fla.ʒɛl/	flagelle /fla.ʒɛl/	flagellons /fla.ʒɛ.lɔ̃/ or /fla.ʒe.lɔ̃/	flagellez /fla.ʒɛ.le/ or /fla.ʒe.le/	flagellent /fla.ʒɛl/
	imperfect	flagellais /fla.ʒɛ.lɛ/ or /fla.ʒe.lɛ/	flagellais /fla.ʒɛ.lɛ/ or /fla.ʒe.lɛ/	flagellait /fla.ʒɛ.lɛ/ or /fla.ʒe.lɛ/	flagellions /fla.ʒɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /fla.ʒe.ljɔ̃/	flagelliez /fla.ʒɛ.lje/ or /fla.ʒe.lje/	flagellaient /fla.ʒɛ.lɛ/ or /fla.ʒe.lɛ/
	past historic2	flagellai /fla.ʒɛ.le/ or /fla.ʒe.le/	flagellas /fla.ʒɛ.la/ or /fla.ʒe.la/	flagella /fla.ʒɛ.la/ or /fla.ʒe.la/	flagellâmes /fla.ʒɛ.lam/ or /fla.ʒe.lam/	flagellâtes /fla.ʒɛ.lat/ or /fla.ʒe.lat/	flagellèrent /fla.ʒɛ.lɛʁ/ or /fla.ʒe.lɛʁ/
	future	flagellerai /fla.ʒɛl.ʁe/	flagelleras /fla.ʒɛl.ʁa/	flagellera /fla.ʒɛl.ʁa/	flagellerons /fla.ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/	flagellerez /fla.ʒɛl.ʁe/	flagelleront /fla.ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	flagellerais /fla.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/	flagellerais /fla.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/	flagellerait /fla.ʒɛl.ʁɛ/	flagellerions /fla.ʒɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fla.ʒe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	flagelleriez /fla.ʒɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /fla.ʒe.lə.ʁje/	flagelleraient /fla.ʒɛl.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	flagelle /fla.ʒɛl/	flagelles /fla.ʒɛl/	flagelle /fla.ʒɛl/	flagellions /fla.ʒɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /fla.ʒe.ljɔ̃/	flagelliez /fla.ʒɛ.lje/ or /fla.ʒe.lje/	flagellent /fla.ʒɛl/
	imperfect2	flagellasse /fla.ʒɛ.las/ or /fla.ʒe.las/	flagellasses /fla.ʒɛ.las/ or /fla.ʒe.las/	flagellât /fla.ʒɛ.la/ or /fla.ʒe.la/	flagellassions /fla.ʒɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /fla.ʒe.la.sjɔ̃/	flagellassiez /fla.ʒɛ.la.sje/ or /fla.ʒe.la.sje/	flagellassent /fla.ʒɛ.las/ or /fla.ʒe.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	flagelle /fla.ʒɛl/	—	flagellons /fla.ʒɛ.lɔ̃/ or /fla.ʒe.lɔ̃/	flagellez /fla.ʒɛ.le/ or /fla.ʒe.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).

Synonyms

• fouetter

Derived terms

Derived terms

• flagellant
• flagellateur
• flagellation
• flagellé

Related terms

• flagelle
• fléau

Further reading

• “flageller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Latin

Verb

flageller

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of flagellō

Swedish

Noun

flageller

1. indefinite plural of flagell