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appeler to call (out); to call, phone, ring

appeler is the #190 most common word in French, a verb. It means “to call (out); to call, phone, ring” and is pronounced /a.p(ə).le/.

#190frequency rank
0.05%of everyday French text
Level 1Beginner 1

Forms of appeler

FormWhat it isMeaning
appelerinfinitiveto call
appelant-ing formcalling
appelépast participlecalled
appelleI · presentI call
appellesyou · presentyou call
appellehe/she · presenthe/she calls
appelonswe · presentwe call
appelezyou (pl.) · presentyou (pl.) call
appellentthey · presentthey call
appelaisI · imperfectI used to call
appelaisyou · imperfectyou used to call
appelaithe/she · imperfecthe/she used to call
appelionswe · imperfectwe used to call
appeliezyou (pl.) · imperfectyou (pl.) used to call
appelaientthey · imperfectthey used to call
appelaiI · pastI called
appelasyou · pastyou called
appelahe/she · pasthe/she called
appelâmeswe · pastwe called
appelâtesyou (pl.) · pastyou (pl.) called
appelèrentthey · pastthey called
appelleraiI · futureI will call
appellerasyou · futureyou will call
appellerahe/she · futurehe/she will call
appelleronswe · futurewe will call
appellerezyou (pl.) · futureyou (pl.) will call
appellerontthey · futurethey will call
appelleraisI · conditionalI would call
appelleraisyou · conditionalyou would call
appelleraithe/she · conditionalhe/she would call
appellerionswe · conditionalwe would call
appelleriezyou (pl.) · conditionalyou (pl.) would call
appelleraientthey · conditionalthey would call
appelleI · subjunctive present(that) I call
appellesyou · subjunctive present(that) you call
appellehe/she · subjunctive present(that) he/she call
appelionswe · subjunctive present(that) we call
appeliezyou (pl.) · subjunctive present(that) you (pl.) call
appellentthey · subjunctive present(that) they call
appelasseI · subjunctive imperfect(if) I called
appelassesyou · subjunctive imperfect(if) you called
appelâthe/she · subjunctive imperfect(if) he/she called
appelassionswe · subjunctive imperfect(if) we called
appelassiezyou (pl.) · subjunctive imperfect(if) you (pl.) called
appelassentthey · subjunctive imperfect(if) they called
appelleyou · commandcall!
appelonswe · commandcall! (to several)
appelezyou (pl.) · commandcall! (to several)

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