promouvoir
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.mu.vwaʁ/
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Verb
[edit]promouvoir
- to promote (advertise a product)
- Synonym: promotionner
- to promote (encourage)
- Synonym: promotionner
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of promouvoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | promouvoir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | promouvant /pʁɔ.mu.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | promu /pʁɔ.my/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | promeus /pʁɔ.mø/ |
promeus /pʁɔ.mø/ |
promeut /pʁɔ.mø/ |
promouvons /pʁɔ.mu.vɔ̃/ |
promouvez /pʁɔ.mu.ve/ |
promeuvent /pʁɔ.mœv/ |
| imperfect | promouvais /pʁɔ.mu.vɛ/ |
promouvais /pʁɔ.mu.vɛ/ |
promouvait /pʁɔ.mu.vɛ/ |
promouvions /pʁɔ.mu.vjɔ̃/ |
promouviez /pʁɔ.mu.vje/ |
promouvaient /pʁɔ.mu.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | promus /pʁɔ.my/ |
promus /pʁɔ.my/ |
promut /pʁɔ.my/ |
promûmes /pʁɔ.mym/ |
promûtes /pʁɔ.myt/ |
promurent /pʁɔ.myʁ/ | |
| future | promouvrai /pʁɔ.mu.vʁe/ |
promouvras /pʁɔ.mu.vʁa/ |
promouvra /pʁɔ.mu.vʁa/ |
promouvrons /pʁɔ.mu.vʁɔ̃/ |
promouvrez /pʁɔ.mu.vʁe/ |
promouvront /pʁɔ.mu.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | promouvrais /pʁɔ.mu.vʁɛ/ |
promouvrais /pʁɔ.mu.vʁɛ/ |
promouvrait /pʁɔ.mu.vʁɛ/ |
promouvrions /pʁɔ.mu.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
promouvriez /pʁɔ.mu.vʁi.je/ |
promouvraient /pʁɔ.mu.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | promeuve /pʁɔ.mœv/ |
promeuves /pʁɔ.mœv/ |
promeuve /pʁɔ.mœv/ |
promouvions /pʁɔ.mu.vjɔ̃/ |
promouviez /pʁɔ.mu.vje/ |
promeuvent /pʁɔ.mœv/ |
| imperfect2 | promusse /pʁɔ.mys/ |
promusses /pʁɔ.mys/ |
promût /pʁɔ.my/ |
promussions /pʁɔ.my.sjɔ̃/ |
promussiez /pʁɔ.my.sje/ |
promussent /pʁɔ.mys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | promeus /pʁɔ.mø/ |
— | promouvons /pʁɔ.mu.vɔ̃/ |
promouvez /pʁɔ.mu.ve/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “promouvoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012