spéculer

See also: speculer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin speculārī. Cf. the Old French form especuler.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /spe.ky.le/
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Verb

spéculer

  1. (finance, intransitive) to speculate
    spéculer sur le coton ― speculate on cotton
  2. (intransitive) to speculate (guess)
    spéculer sur l’avenir ― speculate about the future

Conjugation
Conjugation of spéculer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple spéculer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple spéculant
/spe.ky.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle spéculé
/spe.ky.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present spécule
/spe.kyl/		 spécules
/spe.kyl/		 spécule
/spe.kyl/		 spéculons
/spe.ky.lɔ̃/		 spéculez
/spe.ky.le/		 spéculent
/spe.kyl/
imperfect spéculais
/spe.ky.lɛ/		 spéculais
/spe.ky.lɛ/		 spéculait
/spe.ky.lɛ/		 spéculions
/spe.ky.ljɔ̃/		 spéculiez
/spe.ky.lje/		 spéculaient
/spe.ky.lɛ/
past historic2 spéculai
/spe.ky.le/		 spéculas
/spe.ky.la/		 spécula
/spe.ky.la/		 spéculâmes
/spe.ky.lam/		 spéculâtes
/spe.ky.lat/		 spéculèrent
/spe.ky.lɛʁ/
future spéculerai
/spe.kyl.ʁe/		 spéculeras
/spe.kyl.ʁa/		 spéculera
/spe.kyl.ʁa/		 spéculerons
/spe.kyl.ʁɔ̃/		 spéculerez
/spe.kyl.ʁe/		 spéculeront
/spe.kyl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional spéculerais
/spe.kyl.ʁɛ/		 spéculerais
/spe.kyl.ʁɛ/		 spéculerait
/spe.kyl.ʁɛ/		 spéculerions
/spe.ky.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 spéculeriez
/spe.ky.lə.ʁje/		 spéculeraient
/spe.kyl.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 spécule
/spe.kyl/		 spécules
/spe.kyl/		 spécule
/spe.kyl/		 spéculions
/spe.ky.ljɔ̃/		 spéculiez
/spe.ky.lje/		 spéculent
/spe.kyl/
imperfect2 spéculasse
/spe.ky.las/		 spéculasses
/spe.ky.las/		 spéculât
/spe.ky.la/		 spéculassions
/spe.ky.la.sjɔ̃/		 spéculassiez
/spe.ky.la.sje/		 spéculassent
/spe.ky.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — spécule
/spe.kyl/		 — spéculons
/spe.ky.lɔ̃/		 spéculez
/spe.ky.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).

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