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répandre
répandre
French
Verb
répandre
- to spill, scatter
- to spread
- Comme un doux léopard elle est souple, et répand / Ses cheveux dénoués aux pieds de son amant. Like a gentle leopard she is supple, and spreads her unfastened hair around her lover's feet. — Alfred de Vigny, ‘La Colère de Samson’
- to shed (tears)
- to give off, give out (a smell etc.)
- (reflexive, se répandre) to spread, to propagate
Conjugation
Conjugation of répandre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | répandre | avoir répandu | |||||
| gerund | en répandant | en ayant répandu | |||||
| present participle | répandant /ʁe.pɑ̃.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | répandu /ʁe.pɑ̃.dy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | répands /ʁe.pɑ̃/ |
répands /ʁe.pɑ̃/ |
répand /ʁe.pɑ̃/ |
répandons /ʁe.pɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
répandez /ʁe.pɑ̃.de/ |
répandent /ʁe.pɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect | répandais /ʁe.pɑ̃.dɛ/ |
répandais /ʁe.pɑ̃.dɛ/ |
répandait /ʁe.pɑ̃.dɛ/ |
répandions /ʁe.pɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
répandiez /ʁe.pɑ̃.dje/ |
répandaient /ʁe.pɑ̃.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | répandis /ʁe.pɑ̃.di/ |
répandis /ʁe.pɑ̃.di/ |
répandit /ʁe.pɑ̃.di/ |
répandîmes /ʁe.pɑ̃.dim/ |
répandîtes /ʁe.pɑ̃.dit/ |
répandirent /ʁe.pɑ̃.diʁ/ |
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| future | répandrai /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁe/ |
répandras /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁa/ |
répandra /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁa/ |
répandrons /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
répandrez /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁe/ |
répandront /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | répandrais /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
répandrais /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
répandrait /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
répandrions /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
répandriez /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
répandraient /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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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 | répande /ʁe.pɑ̃d/ |
répandes /ʁe.pɑ̃d/ |
répande /ʁe.pɑ̃d/ |
répandions /ʁe.pɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
répandiez /ʁe.pɑ̃.dje/ |
répandent /ʁe.pɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect1 |
répandisse /ʁe.pɑ̃.dis/ |
répandisses /ʁe.pɑ̃.dis/ |
répandît /ʁe.pɑ̃.di/ |
répandissions /ʁe.pɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
répandissiez /ʁe.pɑ̃.di.sje/ |
répandissent /ʁe.pɑ̃.dis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | répands /ʁe.pɑ̃/ |
— | répandons /ʁe.pɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
répandez /ʁe.pɑ̃.de/ |
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