gaspiller

French

Etymology

From Middle French gaspiller "to waste" (c. 1549). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a modification of Middle French gaspailler "to throw back/reject bullets of wheat" from Old French gaspail, vaspale "bullet of wheat" (compare Medieval Latin gaspalium; Old Northern French waspail "chaff"), from Frankish *wispila "measure of grain" from Proto-Germanic *wisp- (“measure of grain”). Akin to Middle Dutch wispel, Middle Low German wispel, Norwegian visp, English wisp "handful or bundle of hay or grass". More at wisp.

Alternate etymology connects Middle French gaspiller to Frankish *gaspillan, *gaspildjan "to waste" from Proto-Germanic *gaspilþijaną (“to destroy, waste”), from Proto-Indo-European *spel- (“to break off, split”), making it cognate with Old High German gaspildan "to squander, waste", Middle Dutch spillen "to waste", Old English ġespillan "to spill, waste, spend". Compare also Occitan guespillar, gispillar "to trouble, tease" from the same Germanic source. More at spill.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡas.pi.je/
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Verb

gaspiller

  1. to waste

Conjugation

Further reading

Middle French

Verb

gaspiller

  1. to destroy; to wreck
    • 1561, Jean Zonaras, Maumont, Les Histoires et chroniques du Monde tirées tant du gros volume de Ian Zonaras, page 423
      Et sur cela, d'eux entrebatre, gaspiller, sabouler au public marché
      And upon this, to fight, destroy and shake them up in the public market

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of gaspiller
simple compound
infinitive gaspiller avoir gaspillé
gerund en gaspillant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle gaspillant
past participle gaspillé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present gaspille gaspilles gaspille gaspillons gaspillez gaspillent
imperfect gaspillois, gaspilloys gaspillois, gaspilloys gaspilloit, gaspilloyt gaspillions, gaspillyons gaspilliez, gaspillyez gaspilloient, gaspilloyent
past historic gaspilla gaspillas gaspilla gaspillasmes gaspillastes gaspillerent
future gaspillerai, gaspilleray gaspilleras gaspillera gaspillerons gaspillerez gaspilleront
conditional gaspillerois, gaspilleroys gaspillerois, gaspilleroys gaspilleroit, gaspilleroyt gaspillerions, gaspilleryons gaspilleriez, gaspilleryez gaspilleroient, gaspilleroyent
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 anterior 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 ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present gaspille gaspilles gaspille gaspillons gaspillez gaspillent
imperfect gaspillasse gaspillasses gaspillast gaspillassions gaspillassiez gaspillassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— gaspille — gaspillons gaspillez —
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