propulser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin propulsāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.pyl.se/

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Verb

propulser

1. to propel; to propulse

Conjugation

Conjugation of propulser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	propulser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	propulsant /pʁɔ.pyl.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		propulsé /pʁɔ.pyl.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	propulse /pʁɔ.pyls/	propulses /pʁɔ.pyls/	propulse /pʁɔ.pyls/	propulsons /pʁɔ.pyl.sɔ̃/	propulsez /pʁɔ.pyl.se/	propulsent /pʁɔ.pyls/
	imperfect	propulsais /pʁɔ.pyl.sɛ/	propulsais /pʁɔ.pyl.sɛ/	propulsait /pʁɔ.pyl.sɛ/	propulsions /pʁɔ.pyl.sjɔ̃/	propulsiez /pʁɔ.pyl.sje/	propulsaient /pʁɔ.pyl.sɛ/
	past historic2	propulsai /pʁɔ.pyl.se/	propulsas /pʁɔ.pyl.sa/	propulsa /pʁɔ.pyl.sa/	propulsâmes /pʁɔ.pyl.sam/	propulsâtes /pʁɔ.pyl.sat/	propulsèrent /pʁɔ.pyl.sɛʁ/
	future	propulserai /pʁɔ.pyl.sə.ʁe/	propulseras /pʁɔ.pyl.sə.ʁa/	propulsera /pʁɔ.pyl.sə.ʁa/	propulserons /pʁɔ.pyl.sə.ʁɔ̃/	propulserez /pʁɔ.pyl.sə.ʁe/	propulseront /pʁɔ.pyl.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	propulserais /pʁɔ.pyl.sə.ʁɛ/	propulserais /pʁɔ.pyl.sə.ʁɛ/	propulserait /pʁɔ.pyl.sə.ʁɛ/	propulserions /pʁɔ.pyl.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	propulseriez /pʁɔ.pyl.sə.ʁje/	propulseraient /pʁɔ.pyl.sə.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	propulse /pʁɔ.pyls/	propulses /pʁɔ.pyls/	propulse /pʁɔ.pyls/	propulsions /pʁɔ.pyl.sjɔ̃/	propulsiez /pʁɔ.pyl.sje/	propulsent /pʁɔ.pyls/
	imperfect2	propulsasse /pʁɔ.pyl.sas/	propulsasses /pʁɔ.pyl.sas/	propulsât /pʁɔ.pyl.sa/	propulsassions /pʁɔ.pyl.sa.sjɔ̃/	propulsassiez /pʁɔ.pyl.sa.sje/	propulsassent /pʁɔ.pyl.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	propulse /pʁɔ.pyls/	—	propulsons /pʁɔ.pyl.sɔ̃/	propulsez /pʁɔ.pyl.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: 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).

Related terms

• propulsion
• propulsif

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

prōpulser

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of prōpulsō