pallier

English

Adjective

pallier

1. comparative form of pally: more pally

Anagrams

• perilla

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin palliāre (“to cover with a cloak”), from pallium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.lje/

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Verb

pallier

1. (transitive) to conceal
2. (transitive) to palliate (to relieve the symptoms of)
3. (transitive) to compensate for; to make up for

   Il prend tout un tas de médicaments pour pallier le manque de sommeil.

   He takes a whole bunch of medications to compensate for his lack of sleep.

   Elle a distribué une prime à tous les salariés pour pallier les conditions misérables de travail.

   She distributed a bonus to all employees to compensate for the miserable working conditions.

Usage notes

• This verb is direct transitive; the indirect transitive use with the preposition à is common, but proscribed.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pallier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pallier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	palliant /pa.ljɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pallié /pa.lje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pallie /pa.li/	pallies /pa.li/	pallie /pa.li/	pallions /pa.ljɔ̃/	palliez /pa.lje/	pallient /pa.li/
	imperfect	palliais /pa.ljɛ/	palliais /pa.ljɛ/	palliait /pa.ljɛ/	palliions /pa.li.jɔ̃/	palliiez /pa.li.je/	palliaient /pa.ljɛ/
	past historic2	palliai /pa.lje/	pallias /pa.lja/	pallia /pa.lja/	palliâmes /pa.ljam/	palliâtes /pa.ljat/	pallièrent /pa.ljɛʁ/
	future	pallierai /pa.li.ʁe/	pallieras /pa.li.ʁa/	palliera /pa.li.ʁa/	pallierons /pa.li.ʁɔ̃/	pallierez /pa.li.ʁe/	pallieront /pa.li.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pallierais /pa.li.ʁɛ/	pallierais /pa.li.ʁɛ/	pallierait /pa.li.ʁɛ/	pallierions /pa.li.ʁjɔ̃/	pallieriez /pa.li.ʁje/	pallieraient /pa.li.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	pallie /pa.li/	pallies /pa.li/	pallie /pa.li/	palliions /pa.li.jɔ̃/	palliiez /pa.li.je/	pallient /pa.li/
	imperfect2	palliasse /pa.ljas/	palliasses /pa.ljas/	palliât /pa.lja/	palliassions /pa.lja.sjɔ̃/	palliassiez /pa.lja.sje/	palliassent /pa.ljas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pallie /pa.li/	—	pallions /pa.ljɔ̃/	palliez /pa.lje/	—
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

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