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accastiller

to fit out (originally to provide the fore- and aft- castles)

Usage

A nautical/boat-building term meaning to fit a boat with its deck hardware — cleats, winches, rigging fittings (collectively accastillage). Purely technical, confined to sailing contexts.

Examples
  • Le chantier naval accastille les voiliers avant leur mise à l'eau.The boatyard fits out the sailboats' deck hardware before launching.
  • Il a fallu réaccastiller le bateau après la tempête.The boat had to be refitted with new deck hardware after the storm.
  • Un voilier bien accastillé facilite la manœuvre en solitaire.A well-fitted-out sailboat makes single-handed sailing easier.
Common mistake

Purely specialist sailing vocabulary — a learner would only meet this in a boating context; the related noun accastillage (deck hardware) is more likely to come up than the verb itself.

Simple tenses

Present

jeaccastille
tuaccastilles
il/elleaccastille
nousaccastillons
vousaccastillez
ils/ellesaccastillent

Imperfect

jeaccastillais
tuaccastillais
il/elleaccastillait
nousaccastillions
vousaccastilliez
ils/ellesaccastillaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jeaccastillai
tuaccastillas
il/elleaccastilla
nousaccastillâmes
vousaccastillâtes
ils/ellesaccastillèrent

Future

jeaccastillerai
tuaccastilleras
il/elleaccastillera
nousaccastillerons
vousaccastillerez
ils/ellesaccastilleront

Conditional

jeaccastillerais
tuaccastillerais
il/elleaccastillerait
nousaccastillerions
vousaccastilleriez
ils/ellesaccastilleraient

Subjunctive

jeaccastille
tuaccastilles
il/elleaccastille
nousaccastillions
vousaccastilliez
ils/ellesaccastillent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jeaccastillasse
tuaccastillasses
il/elleaccastillât
nousaccastillassions
vousaccastillassiez
ils/ellesaccastillassent

Imperative

tuaccastille
nousaccastillons
vousaccastillez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

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

Plus-que-parfait

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

Passé antérieur

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

Futur antérieur

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

Conditionnel passé

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

Subjonctif passé

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

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

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

Impératif passé

tuaie accastillé
nousayons accastillé
vousayez accastillé

Other

Present participle

accastillant

Past participle

accastillé

Infinitive

accastiller

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Frequently asked questions

What does "accastiller" mean?

"accastiller" means "to fit out (originally to provide the fore- and aft- castles)".

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

The present of "accastiller" is: je accastille, tu accastilles, il/elle accastille, nous accastillons, vous accastillez, ils/elles accastillent.

What is the Passé composé of "accastiller"?

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

What is the Imperative of "accastiller"?

The imperative of "accastiller" is: tu accastille, nous accastillons, vous accastillez.