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pousser
pousser
French
Verb
pousser
- to push
- to urge on, encourage
- (of a living thing) to grow
- L'arbre pousse vite.
- The tree is growing quickly.
- L'arbre pousse vite.
- (figuratively) to spring up, to sprout
- Les Starbucks poussent comme des champignons ici.
- The Starbucks are springing up like mushrooms here.
- Les Starbucks poussent comme des champignons ici.
- to utter (a cry)
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of pousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | pousser | avoir poussé | |||||
| gerund | en poussant | en ayant poussé | |||||
| present participle | poussant /pu.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | poussé /pu.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | poussai /pu.se/ |
poussas /pu.sa/ |
poussa /pu.sa/ |
poussâmes /pu.sam/ |
poussâtes /pu.sat/ |
poussèrent /pu.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | pousserai /pu.sʁe/ |
pousseras /pu.sʁa/ |
poussera /pu.sʁa/ |
pousserons /pu.sʁɔ̃/ |
pousserez /pu.sʁe/ |
pousseront /pu.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | pousserais /pu.sʁɛ/ |
pousserais /pu.sʁɛ/ |
pousserait /pu.sʁɛ/ |
pousserions /pu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pousseriez /pu.sə.ʁje/ |
pousseraient /pu.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pousse /pus/ |
pousses /pus/ |
pousse /pus/ |
poussions /pu.sjɔ̃/ |
poussiez /pu.sje/ |
poussent /pus/ |
| imperfect1 |
poussasse /pu.sas/ |
poussasses /pu.sas/ |
poussât /pu.sa/ |
poussassions /pu.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
poussassiez /pu.sa.sje/ |
poussassent /pu.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | pousse /pus/ |
— | poussons /pu.sɔ̃/ |
poussez /pu.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Anagrams
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Etymology
From Latin pulsō, pulsāre (“push, strike, beat, batter, hammer”), frequentative of pellō, pellere (“push, drive, hurl, impel, propel”).
Pronunciation
Verb
pousser
Antonyms
- tither (“to pull”)