pallier

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English

Adjective

pallier

  1. comparative form of pally: more pally

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin palliāre (“to cover with a cloak”), from pallium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.lje/
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Verb

pallier

  1. (transitive) to conceal
  2. (transitive) to palliate (to relieve the symptoms of)
  3. (transitive) to compensate for; to make up for
    Il prend tout un tas de médicaments pour pallier le manque de sommeil.
    He takes a whole bunch of medications to compensate for his lack of sleep.
    Elle a distribué une prime à tous les salariés pour pallier les conditions misérables de travail.
    She distributed a bonus to all employees to compensate for the miserable working conditions.

Usage notes

  • This verb is direct transitive; the indirect transitive use with the preposition à is common, but proscribed.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pallier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pallier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple palliant
/pa.ljɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pallié
/pa.lje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pallie
/pa.li/ 		pallies
/pa.li/ 		pallie
/pa.li/ 		pallions
/pa.ljɔ̃/ 		palliez
/pa.lje/ 		pallient
/pa.li/
imperfect palliais
/pa.ljɛ/ 		palliais
/pa.ljɛ/ 		palliait
/pa.ljɛ/ 		palliions
/pa.li.jɔ̃/ 		palliiez
/pa.li.je/ 		palliaient
/pa.ljɛ/
past historic2 palliai
/pa.lje/ 		pallias
/pa.lja/ 		pallia
/pa.lja/ 		palliâmes
/pa.ljam/ 		palliâtes
/pa.ljat/ 		pallièrent
/pa.ljɛʁ/
future pallierai
/pa.li.ʁe/ 		pallieras
/pa.li.ʁa/ 		palliera
/pa.li.ʁa/ 		pallierons
/pa.li.ʁɔ̃/ 		pallierez
/pa.li.ʁe/ 		pallieront
/pa.li.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pallierais
/pa.li.ʁɛ/ 		pallierais
/pa.li.ʁɛ/ 		pallierait
/pa.li.ʁɛ/ 		pallierions
/pa.li.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pallieriez
/pa.li.ʁje/ 		pallieraient
/pa.li.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 pallie
/pa.li/ 		pallies
/pa.li/ 		pallie
/pa.li/ 		palliions
/pa.li.jɔ̃/ 		palliiez
/pa.li.je/ 		pallient
/pa.li/
imperfect2 palliasse
/pa.ljas/ 		palliasses
/pa.ljas/ 		palliât
/pa.lja/ 		palliassions
/pa.lja.sjɔ̃/ 		palliassiez
/pa.lja.sje/ 		palliassent
/pa.ljas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pallie
/pa.li/ 		— pallions
/pa.ljɔ̃/ 		palliez
/pa.lje/ 		—
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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