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anhéler

to pant, gasp (breathe with difficulty)

Usage

An extremely rare, literary verb meaning to pant or breathe heavily — a near-obsolete word met mainly in older literary texts, since haleter has fully replaced it in modern French.

Examples
  • Le coureur anhélait après la longue montée.The runner was panting after the long climb.
  • On entendait le vieux chien anheler dans la chaleur.You could hear the old dog panting in the heat.
  • Ce mot vieilli, anheler, apparaît surtout chez les auteurs anciens.This dated word, anheler, mainly appears in older authors' work.
Common mistake

Learners should simply use haleter in modern French — anhéler is archaic and would sound strange or affected in any contemporary conversation.

Often confused with haleter.

Simple tenses

Present

jeanhèle
tuanhèles
il/elleanhèle
nousanhélons
vousanhélez
ils/ellesanhèlent

Imperfect

jeanhélais
tuanhélais
il/elleanhélait
nousanhélions
vousanhéliez
ils/ellesanhélaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jeanhélai
tuanhélas
il/elleanhéla
nousanhélâmes
vousanhélâtes
ils/ellesanhélèrent

Future

jeanhèlerai
tuanhèleras
il/elleanhèlera
nousanhèlerons
vousanhèlerez
ils/ellesanhèleront

Conditional

jeanhèlerais
tuanhèlerais
il/elleanhèlerait
nousanhèlerions
vousanhèleriez
ils/ellesanhèleraient

Subjunctive

jeanhèle
tuanhèles
il/elleanhèle
nousanhélions
vousanhéliez
ils/ellesanhèlent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jeanhélasse
tuanhélasses
il/elleanhélât
nousanhélassions
vousanhélassiez
ils/ellesanhélassent

Imperative

tuanhèle
nousanhélons
vousanhélez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai anhélé
tuas anhélé
il/ellea anhélé
nousavons anhélé
vousavez anhélé
ils/ellesont anhélé

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais anhélé
tuavais anhélé
il/elleavait anhélé
nousavions anhélé
vousaviez anhélé
ils/ellesavaient anhélé

Passé antérieur

jeeus anhélé
tueus anhélé
il/elleeut anhélé
nouseûmes anhélé
vouseûtes anhélé
ils/elleseurent anhélé

Futur antérieur

jeaurai anhélé
tuauras anhélé
il/elleaura anhélé
nousaurons anhélé
vousaurez anhélé
ils/ellesauront anhélé

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais anhélé
tuaurais anhélé
il/elleaurait anhélé
nousaurions anhélé
vousauriez anhélé
ils/ellesauraient anhélé

Subjonctif passé

jeaie anhélé
tuaies anhélé
il/elleait anhélé
nousayons anhélé
vousayez anhélé
ils/ellesaient anhélé

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse anhélé
tueusses anhélé
il/elleeût anhélé
nouseussions anhélé
vouseussiez anhélé
ils/elleseussent anhélé

Impératif passé

tuaie anhélé
nousayons anhélé
vousayez anhélé

Other

Present participle

anhélant

Past participle

anhélé

Infinitive

anhéler

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Frequently asked questions

What does "anhéler" mean?

"anhéler" means "to pant, gasp (breathe with difficulty)".

How do you conjugate "anhéler" in the present tense?

The present of "anhéler" is: je anhèle, tu anhèles, il/elle anhèle, nous anhélons, vous anhélez, ils/elles anhèlent.

What is the Passé composé of "anhéler"?

The passé composé of "anhéler" is: je ai anhélé, tu as anhélé, il/elle a anhélé, nous avons anhélé, vous avez anhélé, ils/elles ont anhélé.

What is the Imperative of "anhéler"?

The imperative of "anhéler" is: tu anhèle, nous anhélons, vous anhélez.