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Etymology

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From ruissel- +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ruisseler

  1. to stream, drip, pour

Conjugation

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This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il ruissèle and the third-person singular future indicative il ruissèlera.

Conjugation of ruisseler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ruisseler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ruisselant
/ʁɥi.slɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ruisselé
/ʁɥi.sle/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ruissèle
/ʁɥi.sɛl/ 		ruissèles
/ʁɥi.sɛl/ 		ruissèle
/ʁɥi.sɛl/ 		ruisselons
/ʁɥi.slɔ̃/ 		ruisselez
/ʁɥi.sle/ 		ruissèlent
/ʁɥi.sɛl/
imperfect ruisselais
/ʁɥi.slɛ/ 		ruisselais
/ʁɥi.slɛ/ 		ruisselait
/ʁɥi.slɛ/ 		ruisselions
/ʁɥi.sə.ljɔ̃/ 		ruisseliez
/ʁɥi.sə.lje/ 		ruisselaient
/ʁɥi.slɛ/
past historic2 ruisselai
/ʁɥi.sle/ 		ruisselas
/ʁɥi.sla/ 		ruissela
/ʁɥi.sla/ 		ruisselâmes
/ʁɥi.slam/ 		ruisselâtes
/ʁɥi.slat/ 		ruisselèrent
/ʁɥi.slɛʁ/
future ruissèlerai
/ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁe/ 		ruissèleras
/ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁa/ 		ruissèlera
/ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁa/ 		ruissèlerons
/ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ 		ruissèlerez
/ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁe/ 		ruissèleront
/ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ruissèlerais
/ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁɛ/ 		ruissèlerais
/ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁɛ/ 		ruissèlerait
/ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁɛ/ 		ruissèlerions
/ʁɥi.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɥi.se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		ruissèleriez
/ʁɥi.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ʁɥi.se.lə.ʁje/ 		ruissèleraient
/ʁɥi.sɛl.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 ruissèle
/ʁɥi.sɛl/ 		ruissèles
/ʁɥi.sɛl/ 		ruissèle
/ʁɥi.sɛl/ 		ruisselions
/ʁɥi.sə.ljɔ̃/ 		ruisseliez
/ʁɥi.sə.lje/ 		ruissèlent
/ʁɥi.sɛl/
imperfect2 ruisselasse
/ʁɥi.slas/ 		ruisselasses
/ʁɥi.slas/ 		ruisselât
/ʁɥi.sla/ 		ruisselassions
/ʁɥi.sla.sjɔ̃/ 		ruisselassiez
/ʁɥi.sla.sje/ 		ruisselassent
/ʁɥi.slas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ruissèle
/ʁɥi.sɛl/ 		— ruisselons
/ʁɥi.slɔ̃/ 		ruisselez
/ʁɥi.sle/ 		—
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).

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