pousser
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French, inherited from Latin pulsāre, from pulsus (“a push”) (and frequentative of pellō). Compare the prefixed verb expulser, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pu.se/
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Verb
[edit]pousser
- (transitive) to push
- pousser dans ses derniers retranchements ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- pousser le bouchon ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- pousser mémé dans les orties ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- pousser à bout ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (figuratively) to urge on, encourage
- pousser quelqu'un à faire quelque chose ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (intransitive, of a living thing) to grow
- se sentir pousser des ailes ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- L'arbre pousse vite.
- The tree is growing quickly.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to spring up, to sprout
- Les Starbucks poussent comme des champignons ici.
- The Starbucks are springing up like mushrooms here.
- to utter
- pousser un cri ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (reflexive, informal) to move aside
- Pousse-toi ! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of pousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pousser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | poussant /pu.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | poussé /pu.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pousse /pus/ |
pousses /pus/ |
pousse /pus/ |
poussons /pu.sɔ̃/ |
poussez /pu.se/ |
poussent /pus/ |
| imperfect | poussais /pu.sɛ/ |
poussais /pu.sɛ/ |
poussait /pu.sɛ/ |
poussions /pu.sjɔ̃/ |
poussiez /pu.sje/ |
poussaient /pu.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | poussai /pu.se/ |
poussas /pu.sa/ |
poussa /pu.sa/ |
poussâmes /pu.sam/ |
poussâtes /pu.sat/ |
poussèrent /pu.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | pousserai /pu.sʁe/ |
pousseras /pu.sʁa/ |
poussera /pu.sʁa/ |
pousserons /pu.sʁɔ̃/ |
pousserez /pu.sʁe/ |
pousseront /pu.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pousserais /pu.sʁɛ/ |
pousserais /pu.sʁɛ/ |
pousserait /pu.sʁɛ/ |
pousserions /pu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pousseriez /pu.sə.ʁje/ |
pousseraient /pu.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | pousse /pus/ |
pousses /pus/ |
pousse /pus/ |
poussions /pu.sjɔ̃/ |
poussiez /pu.sje/ |
poussent /pus/ |
| imperfect2 | poussasse /pu.sas/ |
poussasses /pu.sas/ |
poussât /pu.sa/ |
poussassions /pu.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
poussassiez /pu.sa.sje/ |
poussassent /pu.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pousse /pus/ |
— | poussons /pu.sɔ̃/ |
poussez /pu.se/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Haitian Creole: pouse
Further reading
[edit]- “pousser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
[edit]Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French, from Latin pulsō, pulsāre (“push, strike, beat, batter, hammer”), frequentative of pellō, pellere (“push, drive, hurl, impel, propel”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]pousser
Antonyms
[edit]- tither (“to pull”)
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