hululer

French

Alternative forms

• ululer

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ululāre. Doublet of hurler, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /y.ly.le/

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Verb

hululer

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

   Synonym: boubouler

Conjugation

Conjugation of hululer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	hululer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	hululant /y.ly.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		hululé /y.ly.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	hulule /y.lyl/	hulules /y.lyl/	hulule /y.lyl/	hululons /y.ly.lɔ̃/	hululez /y.ly.le/	hululent /y.lyl/
	imperfect	hululais /y.ly.lɛ/	hululais /y.ly.lɛ/	hululait /y.ly.lɛ/	hululions /y.ly.ljɔ̃/	hululiez /y.ly.lje/	hululaient /y.ly.lɛ/
	past historic2	hululai /y.ly.le/	hululas /y.ly.la/	hulula /y.ly.la/	hululâmes /y.ly.lam/	hululâtes /y.ly.lat/	hululèrent /y.ly.lɛʁ/
	future	hululerai /y.lyl.ʁe/	hululeras /y.lyl.ʁa/	hululera /y.lyl.ʁa/	hululerons /y.lyl.ʁɔ̃/	hululerez /y.lyl.ʁe/	hululeront /y.lyl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	hululerais /y.lyl.ʁɛ/	hululerais /y.lyl.ʁɛ/	hululerait /y.lyl.ʁɛ/	hululerions /y.ly.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	hululeriez /y.ly.lə.ʁje/	hululeraient /y.lyl.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	hulule /y.lyl/	hulules /y.lyl/	hulule /y.lyl/	hululions /y.ly.ljɔ̃/	hululiez /y.ly.lje/	hululent /y.lyl/
	imperfect2	hululasse /y.ly.las/	hululasses /y.ly.las/	hululât /y.ly.la/	hululassions /y.ly.la.sjɔ̃/	hululassiez /y.ly.la.sje/	hululassent /y.ly.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	hulule /y.lyl/	—	hululons /y.ly.lɔ̃/	hululez /y.ly.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).

Derived terms

• hululement
• hululeur

Further reading

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