vaciller in French dictionary

vaciller

Meanings and definitions of "vaciller"

Être incertain sur le parti, sur la résolution que l’on doit prendre.
se coucher (soleil)
perdre (force, capacité)

Synonyms of "vaciller" in French dictionary

basculer, agiter, trembler are the top synonyms of "vaciller" in the French thesaurus.

basculer · agiter · trembler · remuer · tanguer · slalomer · buter · louvoyer · tituber · ciller · rouler · balancer · flageoler · branler · trébucher · tomber · zigzaguer · cligner · osciller · choir · chavirer · chanceler · scintiller · papilloter

Grammar and declension of vaciller

(Verb) Conjugation of vaciller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		vaciller			avoir vacillé
gerund		en vacillant			en ayant vacillé
present participle		vacillant
past participle		vacillé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simpletenses	present	vacille	vacilles	vacille	vacillons	vacillez	vacillent
	imperfect	vacillais	vacillais	vacillait	vacillions	vacilliez	vacillaient
	past historic¹	vacillai	vacillas	vacilla	vacillâmes	vacillâtes	vacillèrent
	future	vacillerai	vacilleras	vacillera	vacillerons	vacillerez	vacilleront
	conditional	vacillerais	vacillerais	vacillerait	vacillerions	vacilleriez	vacilleraient
compoundtenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior¹	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simpletenses	present	vacille	vacilles	vacille	vacillions	vacilliez	vacillent
simpletenses	imperfect¹	vacillasse	vacillasses	vacillât	vacillassions	vacillassiez	vacillassent
compoundtenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compoundtenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	vacille	—	vacillons	vacillez	—
¹literary tenses

Conjugation of vaciller

		simple			compound
infinitive		vaciller			avoir vacillé
gerund		en vacillant			en ayant vacillé
present participle		vacillant /va.si.jɑ̃/
past participle		vacillé /va.si.je/
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	vacille /va.sij/	vacilles /va.sij/	vacille /va.sij/	vacillons /va.si.jɔ̃/	vacillez /va.si.je/	vacillent /va.sij/
	imperfect	vacillais /va.si.jɛ/	vacillais /va.si.jɛ/	vacillait /va.si.jɛ/	vacillions /va.sij.jɔ̃/	vacilliez /va.sij.je/	vacillaient /va.si.jɛ/
	past historic¹	vacillai /va.si.je/	vacillas /va.si.ja/	vacilla /va.si.ja/	vacillâmes /va.si.jam/	vacillâtes /va.si.jat/	vacillèrent /va.si.jɛʁ/
	future	vacillerai /va.sij.ʁe/	vacilleras /va.sij.ʁa/	vacillera /va.sij.ʁa/	vacillerons /va.sij.ʁɔ̃/	vacillerez /va.sij.ʁe/	vacilleront /va.sij.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vacillerais /va.sij.ʁɛ/	vacillerais /va.sij.ʁɛ/	vacillerait /va.sij.ʁɛ/	vacillerions /va.si.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	vacilleriez /va.si.jə.ʁje/	vacilleraient /va.sij.ʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior¹	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	vacille /va.sij/	vacilles /va.sij/	vacille /va.sij/	vacillions /va.sij.jɔ̃/	vacilliez /va.sij.je/	vacillent /va.sij/
simple tenses	imperfect¹	vacillasse /va.si.jas/	vacillasses /va.si.jas/	vacillât /va.si.ja/	vacillassions /va.si.ja.sjɔ̃/	vacillassiez /va.si.ja.sje/	vacillassent /va.si.jas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	vacille /va.sij/	—	vacillons /va.si.jɔ̃/	vacillez /va.si.je/	—
¹literary tenses

vaciller in French dictionary

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