appelez

Appelez is a French verb form derived from appeler, meaning to call, to name, or to phone. In everyday usage, appelez appears as the present indicative second-person plural form you call, you are calling (vous appelez), and as the imperative form used to issue a command or request to a group or to someone addressed formally (appelez, s’il vous plaît). The infinitive is appeler; related forms include appelle for the first/third person singular, appelons for we, et appelez for vous in other tenses, with the past participle appelé.

Etymology and grammar

The verb appeler comes from Latin appellare, generally analyzed as ad- “toward” plus pellere “to drive, push” and later extended to mean “to name or designate.” The form appelez shares the same root and participates in standard French conjugation patterns for -eler verbs, including a consonant change in some tenses (e.g., j’appelle, nous appelons) and the same spelling for the vous forms across present and imperative contexts.

Usage notes

Appelez is used to address more than one person or to speak formally to a single person in command or request form. It can also appear in contexts such as “Appelez votre médecin” (Call your doctor) or “Appelez-moi quand vous serez prêts” (Phone me when you are ready). In contrast to the tu form, which is appelles in the present indicative and appelle in the imperative, appelez specifically marks the vous form. The pronunciation is roughly /ap.lɛ/ in standard French.

In summary, appelez is a practical French form tied to the verb appeler, signaling command or present-tense address to you plural or formal you, with broad use in communication and scheduling.