distribuer

French

Etymology

From Middle French distribuer, from Old French destribueir, from Latin distribuō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.tʁi.bɥe/

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Verb

distribuer

1. to distribute

Conjugation

Conjugation of distribuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	distribuer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	distribuant /dis.tʁi.bɥɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		distribué /dis.tʁi.bɥe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	distribue /dis.tʁi.by/	distribues /dis.tʁi.by/	distribue /dis.tʁi.by/	distribuons /dis.tʁi.bɥɔ̃/	distribuez /dis.tʁi.bɥe/	distribuent /dis.tʁi.by/
	imperfect	distribuais /dis.tʁi.bɥɛ/	distribuais /dis.tʁi.bɥɛ/	distribuait /dis.tʁi.bɥɛ/	distribuions /dis.tʁi.by.jɔ̃/	distribuiez /dis.tʁi.by.je/	distribuaient /dis.tʁi.bɥɛ/
	past historic2	distribuai /dis.tʁi.bɥe/	distribuas /dis.tʁi.bɥa/	distribua /dis.tʁi.bɥa/	distribuâmes /dis.tʁi.bɥam/	distribuâtes /dis.tʁi.bɥat/	distribuèrent /dis.tʁi.bɥɛʁ/
	future	distribuerai /dis.tʁi.by.ʁe/	distribueras /dis.tʁi.by.ʁa/	distribuera /dis.tʁi.by.ʁa/	distribuerons /dis.tʁi.by.ʁɔ̃/	distribuerez /dis.tʁi.by.ʁe/	distribueront /dis.tʁi.by.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	distribuerais /dis.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/	distribuerais /dis.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/	distribuerait /dis.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/	distribuerions /dis.tʁi.by.ʁjɔ̃/	distribueriez /dis.tʁi.by.ʁje/	distribueraient /dis.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/
(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	distribue /dis.tʁi.by/	distribues /dis.tʁi.by/	distribue /dis.tʁi.by/	distribuions /dis.tʁi.by.jɔ̃/	distribuiez /dis.tʁi.by.je/	distribuent /dis.tʁi.by/
	imperfect2	distribuasse /dis.tʁi.bɥas/	distribuasses /dis.tʁi.bɥas/	distribuât /dis.tʁi.bɥa/	distribuassions /dis.tʁi.bɥa.sjɔ̃/	distribuassiez /dis.tʁi.bɥa.sje/	distribuassent /dis.tʁi.bɥas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	distribue /dis.tʁi.by/	—	distribuons /dis.tʁi.bɥɔ̃/	distribuez /dis.tʁi.bɥe/	—
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

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

Interlingua

Etymology

Derived from English distribute, French distribuer, Italian distribuire, Portuguese distribuir and Spanish distribuir, all from Latin distribuō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈtri.bu.er/

Verb

distribuer

1. to distribute

Conjugation

    Conjugation of distribuer

infinitive		distribuer
participle		present	perfect
		distribuente	distribuite, distribute
active		simple	perfect
	present	distribue	ha distribuite
	past	distribueva	habeva distribuite
	future	distribuera	habera distribuite
	conditional	distribuerea	haberea distribuite
	imperative	distribue	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es distribuite	ha essite distribuite
	past	esseva distribuite	habeva essite distribuite
	future	essera distribuite	habera essite distribuite
	conditional	esserea distribuite	haberea essite distribuite
	imperative	sia distribuite	—

Derived terms

• distribution, distributive, distributor

References

• Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

distribuer

1. imperative of distribuere