boubouler

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.bu.le/

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Verb

boubouler

1. (intransitive) to hoot (to make the cry of an owl)

   Synonym: hululer

Conjugation

Conjugation of boubouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	boubouler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bouboulant /bu.bu.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bouboulé /bu.bu.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bouboule /bu.bul/	bouboules /bu.bul/	bouboule /bu.bul/	bouboulons /bu.bu.lɔ̃/	bouboulez /bu.bu.le/	bouboulent /bu.bul/
	imperfect	bouboulais /bu.bu.lɛ/	bouboulais /bu.bu.lɛ/	bouboulait /bu.bu.lɛ/	bouboulions /bu.bu.ljɔ̃/	boubouliez /bu.bu.lje/	bouboulaient /bu.bu.lɛ/
	past historic2	bouboulai /bu.bu.le/	bouboulas /bu.bu.la/	bouboula /bu.bu.la/	bouboulâmes /bu.bu.lam/	bouboulâtes /bu.bu.lat/	bouboulèrent /bu.bu.lɛʁ/
	future	bouboulerai /bu.bul.ʁe/	boubouleras /bu.bul.ʁa/	bouboulera /bu.bul.ʁa/	bouboulerons /bu.bul.ʁɔ̃/	bouboulerez /bu.bul.ʁe/	boubouleront /bu.bul.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bouboulerais /bu.bul.ʁɛ/	bouboulerais /bu.bul.ʁɛ/	bouboulerait /bu.bul.ʁɛ/	bouboulerions /bu.bu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	boubouleriez /bu.bu.lə.ʁje/	boubouleraient /bu.bul.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	bouboule /bu.bul/	bouboules /bu.bul/	bouboule /bu.bul/	bouboulions /bu.bu.ljɔ̃/	boubouliez /bu.bu.lje/	bouboulent /bu.bul/
	imperfect2	bouboulasse /bu.bu.las/	bouboulasses /bu.bu.las/	bouboulât /bu.bu.la/	bouboulassions /bu.bu.la.sjɔ̃/	bouboulassiez /bu.bu.la.sje/	bouboulassent /bu.bu.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bouboule /bu.bul/	—	bouboulons /bu.bu.lɔ̃/	bouboulez /bu.bu.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).

Further reading

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