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Webster 1913 Edition
Prolonger
Pro-long′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space.
Webster 1828 Edition
Prolonger
PROLONG'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
prolonger
prolonger
English
Noun
prolonger (plural prolongers)
References
- prolonger in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- prolonger in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Pronunciation
Verb
prolonger
- to prolong
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written prolonge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of prolonger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | prolonger | avoir prolongé | |||||
| gerund | en prolongeant | en ayant prolongé | |||||
| present participle | prolongeant /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | prolongé /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | prolonge /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
prolonges /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
prolonge /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
prolongeons /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
prolongez /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe/ |
prolongent /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | prolongeais /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
prolongeais /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
prolongeait /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
prolongions /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
prolongiez /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒje/ |
prolongeaient /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | prolongeai /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe/ |
prolongeas /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒa/ |
prolongea /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒa/ |
prolongeâmes /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒam/ |
prolongeâtes /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒat/ |
prolongèrent /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | prolongerai /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
prolongeras /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
prolongera /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
prolongerons /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
prolongerez /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
prolongeront /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | prolongerais /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
prolongerais /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
prolongerait /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
prolongerions /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
prolongeriez /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
prolongeraient /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | prolonge /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
prolonges /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
prolonge /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
prolongions /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
prolongiez /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒje/ |
prolongent /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
prolongeasse /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒas/ |
prolongeasses /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒas/ |
prolongeât /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒa/ |
prolongeassions /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
prolongeassiez /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
prolongeassent /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | prolonge /pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/ |
— | prolongeons /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
prolongez /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe/ |
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