cibler

French

Etymology

From cible +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ble/

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Verb

cibler

1. (transitive) to target

Conjugation

Conjugation of cibler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cibler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ciblant /si.blɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ciblé /si.ble/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cible /sibl/	cibles /sibl/	cible /sibl/	ciblons /si.blɔ̃/	ciblez /si.ble/	ciblent /sibl/
	imperfect	ciblais /si.blɛ/	ciblais /si.blɛ/	ciblait /si.blɛ/	ciblions /si.bli.jɔ̃/	cibliez /si.bli.je/	ciblaient /si.blɛ/
	past historic2	ciblai /si.ble/	ciblas /si.bla/	cibla /si.bla/	ciblâmes /si.blam/	ciblâtes /si.blat/	ciblèrent /si.blɛʁ/
	future	ciblerai /si.blə.ʁe/	cibleras /si.blə.ʁa/	ciblera /si.blə.ʁa/	ciblerons /si.blə.ʁɔ̃/	ciblerez /si.blə.ʁe/	cibleront /si.blə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ciblerais /si.blə.ʁɛ/	ciblerais /si.blə.ʁɛ/	ciblerait /si.blə.ʁɛ/	ciblerions /si.blə.ʁjɔ̃/	cibleriez /si.blə.ʁje/	cibleraient /si.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	cible /sibl/	cibles /sibl/	cible /sibl/	ciblions /si.bli.jɔ̃/	cibliez /si.bli.je/	ciblent /sibl/
	imperfect2	ciblasse /si.blas/	ciblasses /si.blas/	ciblât /si.bla/	ciblassions /si.bla.sjɔ̃/	ciblassiez /si.bla.sje/	ciblassent /si.blas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cible /sibl/	—	ciblons /si.blɔ̃/	ciblez /si.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).