chanceler

English

Noun

chanceler(pluralchancelers)

1. Obsoleteform ofchancellor.

French

Etymology

InheritedfromLatincancellāre.Doubletofcanceller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ʃɑ̃.sle/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

chanceler

1. (of a person)tostagger,totter,reel
   • 2015January,Virginie Despentes,Vernon Subutex,volume 1,Éditions Grasset,→ISBN,page21:

     Vernon y allait juste pour accompagner et puis une fois sur place, une émotion inattendue l’avait faitchanceler,il avait collé son épaule contre celle de son pote et les larmes lui étaient montées aux yeux.

     (pleaseadd an English translationof this quotation)

2. (of an object)towobble
3. (figurative)tofalter,waver(of resolve etc.)

   Synonym:vaciller

Conjugation

With the exception ofappeler,jeterand their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated likeamener.

Conjugation ofchanceler(see alsoAppendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	chanceler
	compound	avoir+ past participle
present participleorgerund1	simple	chancelant /ʃɑ̃.slɑ̃/
	compound	ayant+ past participle
past participle		chancelé /ʃɑ̃.sle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chancelleorchancèle /ʃɑ̃.sɛl/	chancellesorchancèles /ʃɑ̃.sɛl/	chancelleorchancèle /ʃɑ̃.sɛl/	chancelons /ʃɑ̃.slɔ̃/	chancelez /ʃɑ̃.sle/	chancellentorchancèlent /ʃɑ̃.sɛl/
	imperfect	chancelais /ʃɑ̃.slɛ/	chancelais /ʃɑ̃.slɛ/	chancelait /ʃɑ̃.slɛ/	chancelions /ʃɑ̃.sə.ljɔ̃/	chanceliez /ʃɑ̃.sə.lje/	chancelaient /ʃɑ̃.slɛ/
	past historic2	chancelai /ʃɑ̃.sle/	chancelas /ʃɑ̃.sla/	chancela /ʃɑ̃.sla/	chancelâmes /ʃɑ̃.slam/	chancelâtes /ʃɑ̃.slat/	chancelèrent /ʃɑ̃.slɛʁ/
	future	chancelleraiorchancèlerai /ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁe/	chancellerasorchancèleras /ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁa/	chancelleraorchancèlera /ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁa/	chancelleronsorchancèlerons /ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/	chancellerezorchancèlerez /ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁe/	chancellerontorchancèleront /ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	chancelleraisorchancèlerais /ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/	chancelleraisorchancèlerais /ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/	chancelleraitorchancèlerait /ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/	chancellerionsorchancèlerions /ʃɑ̃.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/or/ʃɑ̃.se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	chancelleriezorchancèleriez /ʃɑ̃.sɛ.lə.ʁje/or/ʃɑ̃.se.lə.ʁje/	chancelleraientorchancèleraient /ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative ofavoir+ past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative ofavoir+ past participle
	past anterior2	past historic ofavoir+ past participle
	future perfect	future ofavoir+ past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional ofavoir+ past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	chancelleorchancèle /ʃɑ̃.sɛl/	chancellesorchancèles /ʃɑ̃.sɛl/	chancelleorchancèle /ʃɑ̃.sɛl/	chancelions /ʃɑ̃.sə.ljɔ̃/	chanceliez /ʃɑ̃.sə.lje/	chancellentorchancèlent /ʃɑ̃.sɛl/
	imperfect2	chancelasse /ʃɑ̃.slas/	chancelasses /ʃɑ̃.slas/	chancelât /ʃɑ̃.sla/	chancelassions /ʃɑ̃.sla.sjɔ̃/	chancelassiez /ʃɑ̃.sla.sje/	chancelassent /ʃɑ̃.slas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive ofavoir+ past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive ofavoir+ past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chancelleorchancèle /ʃɑ̃.sɛl/	—	chancelons /ʃɑ̃.slɔ̃/	chancelez /ʃɑ̃.sle/	—
compound		—	simple imperative ofavoir+ past participle	—	simple imperative ofavoir+ past participle	simple imperative ofavoir+ past participle	—
1The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen.
2In 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).

Derived terms

• chancelant

Related terms

• chancel

Further reading

• “chanceler”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ʃɐ̃.seˈlɛ(ʁ)/[ʃɐ̃.seˈlɛ(h)]

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ʃɐ̃.seˈlɛ(ʁ)/[ʃɐ̃.seˈlɛ(h)]
  • (São Paulo)IPA^(key):/ʃɐ̃.seˈlɛ(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/ʃɐ̃.seˈlɛ(ʁ)/[ʃɐ̃.seˈlɛ(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/ʃɐ̃.seˈlɛ(ɻ)/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ʃɐ̃.sɨˈlɛɾ/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ʃɐ̃.sɨˈlɛɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal)IPA^(key):/t͡ʃɐ̃.sɨˈlɛɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key):/ʃɐ̃.sɨˈlɛ.ɾi/

• Hyphenation:chan‧ce‧ler

Noun

chancelermorfby sense(pluralchanceleres)

1. chancellor(important notary; person in charge of some area of government)