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Verb conjugation

canceller

to annul; to cancel

Usage

A recent, informal anglicism borrowed directly from English 'to cancel' — canceller un abonnement, or in cancel-culture contexts, canceller une célébrité (publicly disgracing/boycotting them). Standard French already has annuler and résilier for the neutral senses; canceller is trendy, mostly youth-register slang.

Examples
  • J'ai cancellé mon abonnement, ça coûtait trop cher.I canceled my subscription, it was too expensive.
  • L'influenceuse s'est fait canceller après ses propos.The influencer got cancelled after her comments.
  • Ils ont cancellé le concert à la dernière minute.They cancelled the concert at the last minute.
Common mistake

Canceller is informal, borrowed slang, not accepted in formal French — annuler (for events/subscriptions) or résilier (for contracts) are the standard verbs for any written or professional context.

Often confused with annuler.

Simple tenses

Present

jecancelle
tucancelles
il/ellecancelle
nouscancellons
vouscancellez
ils/ellescancellent

Imperfect

jecancellais
tucancellais
il/ellecancellait
nouscancellions
vouscancelliez
ils/ellescancellaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jecancellai
tucancellas
il/ellecancella
nouscancellâmes
vouscancellâtes
ils/ellescancellèrent

Future

jecancellerai
tucancelleras
il/ellecancellera
nouscancellerons
vouscancellerez
ils/ellescancelleront

Conditional

jecancellerais
tucancellerais
il/ellecancellerait
nouscancellerions
vouscancelleriez
ils/ellescancelleraient

Subjunctive

jecancelle
tucancelles
il/ellecancelle
nouscancellions
vouscancelliez
ils/ellescancellent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jecancellasse
tucancellasses
il/ellecancellât
nouscancellassions
vouscancellassiez
ils/ellescancellassent

Imperative

tucancelle
nouscancellons
vouscancellez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

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

Plus-que-parfait

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

Passé antérieur

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

Futur antérieur

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

Conditionnel passé

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

Subjonctif passé

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

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

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

Impératif passé

tuaie cancellé
nousayons cancellé
vousayez cancellé

Other

Present participle

cancellant

Past participle

cancellé

Infinitive

canceller

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Frequently asked questions

What does "canceller" mean?

"canceller" means "to annul; to cancel".

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

The present of "canceller" is: je cancelle, tu cancelles, il/elle cancelle, nous cancellons, vous cancellez, ils/elles cancellent.

What is the Passé composé of "canceller"?

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

What is the Imperative of "canceller"?

The imperative of "canceller" is: tu cancelle, nous cancellons, vous cancellez.