promulguer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.myl.ɡe/

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Verb

promulguer

1. to promulgate (to make known or public)

Conjugation

Conjugation of promulguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	promulguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	promulguant /pʁɔ.myl.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		promulgué /pʁɔ.myl.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	promulgue /pʁɔ.mylɡ/	promulgues /pʁɔ.mylɡ/	promulgue /pʁɔ.mylɡ/	promulguons /pʁɔ.myl.ɡɔ̃/	promulguez /pʁɔ.myl.ɡe/	promulguent /pʁɔ.mylɡ/
	imperfect	promulguais /pʁɔ.myl.ɡɛ/	promulguais /pʁɔ.myl.ɡɛ/	promulguait /pʁɔ.myl.ɡɛ/	promulguions /pʁɔ.myl.ɡjɔ̃/	promulguiez /pʁɔ.myl.ɡje/	promulguaient /pʁɔ.myl.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	promulguai /pʁɔ.myl.ɡe/	promulguas /pʁɔ.myl.ɡa/	promulgua /pʁɔ.myl.ɡa/	promulguâmes /pʁɔ.myl.ɡam/	promulguâtes /pʁɔ.myl.ɡat/	promulguèrent /pʁɔ.myl.ɡɛʁ/
	future	promulguerai /pʁɔ.myl.ɡə.ʁe/	promulgueras /pʁɔ.myl.ɡə.ʁa/	promulguera /pʁɔ.myl.ɡə.ʁa/	promulguerons /pʁɔ.myl.ɡə.ʁɔ̃/	promulguerez /pʁɔ.myl.ɡə.ʁe/	promulgueront /pʁɔ.myl.ɡə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	promulguerais /pʁɔ.myl.ɡə.ʁɛ/	promulguerais /pʁɔ.myl.ɡə.ʁɛ/	promulguerait /pʁɔ.myl.ɡə.ʁɛ/	promulguerions /pʁɔ.myl.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	promulgueriez /pʁɔ.myl.ɡə.ʁje/	promulgueraient /pʁɔ.myl.ɡə.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	promulgue /pʁɔ.mylɡ/	promulgues /pʁɔ.mylɡ/	promulgue /pʁɔ.mylɡ/	promulguions /pʁɔ.myl.ɡjɔ̃/	promulguiez /pʁɔ.myl.ɡje/	promulguent /pʁɔ.mylɡ/
	imperfect2	promulguasse /pʁɔ.myl.ɡas/	promulguasses /pʁɔ.myl.ɡas/	promulguât /pʁɔ.myl.ɡa/	promulguassions /pʁɔ.myl.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	promulguassiez /pʁɔ.myl.ɡa.sje/	promulguassent /pʁɔ.myl.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	promulgue /pʁɔ.mylɡ/	—	promulguons /pʁɔ.myl.ɡɔ̃/	promulguez /pʁɔ.myl.ɡe/	—
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

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