épandre

French

Etymology

From Old French espandre, borrowed from Latin expandere, present active infinitive of expandō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.pɑ̃dʁ/

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Verb

épandre

1. (archaic) to discharge, pour

Conjugation

Conjugation of épandre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	épandre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	épandant /e.pɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		épandu /e.pɑ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	épands /e.pɑ̃/	épands /e.pɑ̃/	épand /e.pɑ̃/	épandons /e.pɑ̃.dɔ̃/	épandez /e.pɑ̃.de/	épandent /e.pɑ̃d/
	imperfect	épandais /e.pɑ̃.dɛ/	épandais /e.pɑ̃.dɛ/	épandait /e.pɑ̃.dɛ/	épandions /e.pɑ̃.djɔ̃/	épandiez /e.pɑ̃.dje/	épandaient /e.pɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	épandis /e.pɑ̃.di/	épandis /e.pɑ̃.di/	épandit /e.pɑ̃.di/	épandîmes /e.pɑ̃.dim/	épandîtes /e.pɑ̃.dit/	épandirent /e.pɑ̃.diʁ/
	future	épandrai /e.pɑ̃.dʁe/	épandras /e.pɑ̃.dʁa/	épandra /e.pɑ̃.dʁa/	épandrons /e.pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	épandrez /e.pɑ̃.dʁe/	épandront /e.pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	épandrais /e.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/	épandrais /e.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/	épandrait /e.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/	épandrions /e.pɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	épandriez /e.pɑ̃.dʁi.je/	épandraient /e.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	épande /e.pɑ̃d/	épandes /e.pɑ̃d/	épande /e.pɑ̃d/	épandions /e.pɑ̃.djɔ̃/	épandiez /e.pɑ̃.dje/	épandent /e.pɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	épandisse /e.pɑ̃.dis/	épandisses /e.pɑ̃.dis/	épandît /e.pɑ̃.di/	épandissions /e.pɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	épandissiez /e.pɑ̃.di.sje/	épandissent /e.pɑ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	épands /e.pɑ̃/	—	épandons /e.pɑ̃.dɔ̃/	épandez /e.pɑ̃.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In 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).

Further reading

• “épandre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• répande