tenailler
Part of speech: verb
Morphology: simple
Senses:
gloss: Tourmenter un criminel avec des tenailles ardentes.
pos: verb
examples: N’y a-t-il pas eu un Jean de Leyde, chef des Anabaptistes, tenaillé, brûlé, et pendu dans une cage en fer à Munster ?
Pendant mille ans nous avons garrotté l’humanité sur les chevalets ensanglantés ; de nouveau nous lui tenaillerons les chairs avec des fers rougis pour que la foi pénètre en son cœur.
gloss: Faire souffrir, causer une vive douleur.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: La faim le tenaillait.
Alors une détresse aiguë envahit Marthe tout entière, une détresse qui tenaillait sa chair et son esprit.
À tout propos, elle tenaillait les cœurs, comme un regret anticipé. […] Elle engrisaillait les veillées d’hiver […]
La crainte de son mal le tenaillait, mais la peur de quitter sa maison était plus forte encore.
Inflected forms:
form: tenailler
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
present
form: avoir tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
past
form: en tenaillant
pos: verb
tags: gerund
present
form: en ayant tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: gerund
past
form: tenaillant
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: je tenaille
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: tu tenailles
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: il/elle/on tenaille
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: nous tenaillons
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: vous tenaillez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: ils/elles tenaillent
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: j’ai tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: tu as tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: il/elle/on a tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: nous avons tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: vous avez tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: ils/elles ont tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: je tenaillais
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: tu tenaillais
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: il/elle/on tenaillait
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: nous tenaillions
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: vous tenailliez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: ils/elles tenaillaient
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: j’avais tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: tu avais tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: il/elle/on avait tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: nous avions tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: vous aviez tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: ils/elles avaient tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: je tenaillai
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: tu tenaillas
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: il/elle/on tenailla
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: nous tenaillâmes
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: vous tenaillâtes
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: ils/elles tenaillèrent
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: j’eus tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: tu eus tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: il/elle/on eut tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: nous eûmes tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: vous eûtes tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: ils/elles eurent tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: je tenaillerai
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: tu tenailleras
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: il/elle/on tenaillera
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: nous tenaillerons
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: vous tenaillerez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: ils/elles tenailleront
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: j’aurai tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: tu auras tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: il/elle/on aura tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: nous aurons tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: vous aurez tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: ils/elles auront tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: que je tenaille
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que tu tenailles
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: qu’il/elle/on tenaille
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que nous tenaillions
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que vous tenailliez
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: qu’ils/elles tenaillent
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que j’aie tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que tu aies tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: qu’il/elle/on ait tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que nous ayons tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que vous ayez tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: qu’ils/elles aient tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que je tenaillasse
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que tu tenaillasses
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: qu’il/elle/on tenaillât
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que nous tenaillassions
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que vous tenaillassiez
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: qu’ils/elles tenaillassent
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que j’eusse tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que tu eusses tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: qu’il/elle/on eût tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que nous eussions tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que vous eussiez tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: qu’ils/elles eussent tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: je tenaillerais
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: tu tenaillerais
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: il/elle/on tenaillerait
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: nous tenaillerions
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: vous tenailleriez
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: ils/elles tenailleraient
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: j’aurais tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: tu aurais tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: il/elle/on aurait tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: nous aurions tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: vous auriez tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: ils/elles auraient tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: tenaille
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: tenaillons
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: tenaillez
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: aie tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: ayons tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: ayez tenaillé
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
Derived terms: entenailler
retenailler
tenaillement
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: tenallar
lang: Croate
word: mučiti kliještima
lang: Croate
word: prikliještiti