verrouiller

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛ.ʁu.je/, /ve.ʁu.je/

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Verb

verrouiller

1. to bolt, to bolt up (lock with a bolt)
2. to lock (to prevent something ,e.g. a button or keypad, from performing its task)

Conjugation

Conjugation of verrouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	verrouiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	verrouillant /vɛ.ʁu.jɑ̃/ or /ve.ʁu.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		verrouillé /vɛ.ʁu.je/ or /ve.ʁu.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	verrouille /vɛ.ʁuj/ or /ve.ʁuj/	verrouilles /vɛ.ʁuj/ or /ve.ʁuj/	verrouille /vɛ.ʁuj/ or /ve.ʁuj/	verrouillons /vɛ.ʁu.jɔ̃/ or /ve.ʁu.jɔ̃/	verrouillez /vɛ.ʁu.je/ or /ve.ʁu.je/	verrouillent /vɛ.ʁuj/ or /ve.ʁuj/
	imperfect	verrouillais /vɛ.ʁu.jɛ/ or /ve.ʁu.jɛ/	verrouillais /vɛ.ʁu.jɛ/ or /ve.ʁu.jɛ/	verrouillait /vɛ.ʁu.jɛ/ or /ve.ʁu.jɛ/	verrouillions /vɛ.ʁuj.jɔ̃/ or /ve.ʁuj.jɔ̃/	verrouilliez /vɛ.ʁuj.je/ or /ve.ʁuj.je/	verrouillaient /vɛ.ʁu.jɛ/ or /ve.ʁu.jɛ/
	past historic2	verrouillai /vɛ.ʁu.je/ or /ve.ʁu.je/	verrouillas /vɛ.ʁu.ja/ or /ve.ʁu.ja/	verrouilla /vɛ.ʁu.ja/ or /ve.ʁu.ja/	verrouillâmes /vɛ.ʁu.jam/ or /ve.ʁu.jam/	verrouillâtes /vɛ.ʁu.jat/ or /ve.ʁu.jat/	verrouillèrent /vɛ.ʁu.jɛʁ/ or /ve.ʁu.jɛʁ/
	future	verrouillerai /vɛ.ʁuj.ʁe/ or /ve.ʁuj.ʁe/	verrouilleras /vɛ.ʁuj.ʁa/ or /ve.ʁuj.ʁa/	verrouillera /vɛ.ʁuj.ʁa/ or /ve.ʁuj.ʁa/	verrouillerons /vɛ.ʁuj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ve.ʁuj.ʁɔ̃/	verrouillerez /vɛ.ʁuj.ʁe/ or /ve.ʁuj.ʁe/	verrouilleront /vɛ.ʁuj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ve.ʁuj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	verrouillerais /vɛ.ʁuj.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ʁuj.ʁɛ/	verrouillerais /vɛ.ʁuj.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ʁuj.ʁɛ/	verrouillerait /vɛ.ʁuj.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ʁuj.ʁɛ/	verrouillerions /vɛ.ʁu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ve.ʁu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	verrouilleriez /vɛ.ʁu.jə.ʁje/ or /ve.ʁu.jə.ʁje/	verrouilleraient /vɛ.ʁuj.ʁɛ/ or /ve.ʁuj.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	verrouille /vɛ.ʁuj/ or /ve.ʁuj/	verrouilles /vɛ.ʁuj/ or /ve.ʁuj/	verrouille /vɛ.ʁuj/ or /ve.ʁuj/	verrouillions /vɛ.ʁuj.jɔ̃/ or /ve.ʁuj.jɔ̃/	verrouilliez /vɛ.ʁuj.je/ or /ve.ʁuj.je/	verrouillent /vɛ.ʁuj/ or /ve.ʁuj/
	imperfect2	verrouillasse /vɛ.ʁu.jas/ or /ve.ʁu.jas/	verrouillasses /vɛ.ʁu.jas/ or /ve.ʁu.jas/	verrouillât /vɛ.ʁu.ja/ or /ve.ʁu.ja/	verrouillassions /vɛ.ʁu.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.ʁu.ja.sjɔ̃/	verrouillassiez /vɛ.ʁu.ja.sje/ or /ve.ʁu.ja.sje/	verrouillassent /vɛ.ʁu.jas/ or /ve.ʁu.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	verrouille /vɛ.ʁuj/ or /ve.ʁuj/	—	verrouillons /vɛ.ʁu.jɔ̃/ or /ve.ʁu.jɔ̃/	verrouillez /vɛ.ʁu.je/ or /ve.ʁu.je/	—
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).

Related terms

• verrou
• verrouillage
• verrouillable

Further reading

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