poudrer

French

Etymology

poudre +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.dʁe/

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Verb

poudrer

1. to powder (cover in powder)

Conjugation

Conjugation of poudrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	poudrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	poudrant /pu.dʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		poudré /pu.dʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	poudre /pudʁ/	poudres /pudʁ/	poudre /pudʁ/	poudrons /pu.dʁɔ̃/	poudrez /pu.dʁe/	poudrent /pudʁ/
	imperfect	poudrais /pu.dʁɛ/	poudrais /pu.dʁɛ/	poudrait /pu.dʁɛ/	poudrions /pu.dʁi.jɔ̃/	poudriez /pu.dʁi.je/	poudraient /pu.dʁɛ/
	past historic2	poudrai /pu.dʁe/	poudras /pu.dʁa/	poudra /pu.dʁa/	poudrâmes /pu.dʁam/	poudrâtes /pu.dʁat/	poudrèrent /pu.dʁɛʁ/
	future	poudrerai /pu.dʁə.ʁe/	poudreras /pu.dʁə.ʁa/	poudrera /pu.dʁə.ʁa/	poudrerons /pu.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/	poudrerez /pu.dʁə.ʁe/	poudreront /pu.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	poudrerais /pu.dʁə.ʁɛ/	poudrerais /pu.dʁə.ʁɛ/	poudrerait /pu.dʁə.ʁɛ/	poudrerions /pu.dʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	poudreriez /pu.dʁə.ʁje/	poudreraient /pu.dʁə.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	poudre /pudʁ/	poudres /pudʁ/	poudre /pudʁ/	poudrions /pu.dʁi.jɔ̃/	poudriez /pu.dʁi.je/	poudrent /pudʁ/
	imperfect2	poudrasse /pu.dʁas/	poudrasses /pu.dʁas/	poudrât /pu.dʁa/	poudrassions /pu.dʁa.sjɔ̃/	poudrassiez /pu.dʁa.sje/	poudrassent /pu.dʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	poudre /pudʁ/	—	poudrons /pu.dʁɔ̃/	poudrez /pu.dʁe/	—
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

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