pousser

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, inherited from Latin pulsāre, from pulsus (“a push”) (and frequentative of pellō). Compare the prefixed verb expulser, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pu.se/
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Verb

pousser

  1. (transitive) to push
  2. (transitive, followed by the preposition à) to urge on, encourage
    pousser quelqu'un à faire quelque chose
    pousser à
  3. (intransitive, of a living thing) to grow
    L’arbre pousse vite.
    The tree is growing quickly.
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) to spring up, to sprout
    Les Starbucks poussent comme des champignons ici.
    The Starbucks are springing up like mushrooms here.
  5. to utter (a cry)
  6. (reflexive) to move aside

Conjugation

Conjugation of pousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pousser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple poussant
/pu.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle poussé
/pu.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(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/
past historic2 poussai
/pu.se/ 		poussas
/pu.sa/ 		poussa
/pu.sa/ 		poussâmes
/pu.sam/ 		poussâtes
/pu.sat/ 		poussèrent
/pu.sɛʁ/
future pousserai
/pu.sʁe/ 		pousseras
/pu.sʁa/ 		poussera
/pu.sʁa/ 		pousserons
/pu.sʁɔ̃/ 		pousserez
/pu.sʁe/ 		pousseront
/pu.sʁɔ̃/
conditional pousserais
/pu.sʁɛ/ 		pousserais
/pu.sʁɛ/ 		pousserait
/pu.sʁɛ/ 		pousserions
/pu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pousseriez
/pu.sə.ʁje/ 		pousseraient
/pu.sʁɛ/
(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 pousse
/pus/ 		pousses
/pus/ 		pousse
/pus/ 		poussions
/pu.sjɔ̃/ 		poussiez
/pu.sje/ 		poussent
/pus/
imperfect2 poussasse
/pu.sas/ 		poussasses
/pu.sas/ 		poussât
/pu.sa/ 		poussassions
/pu.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		poussassiez
/pu.sa.sje/ 		poussassent
/pu.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pousse
/pus/ 		— poussons
/pu.sɔ̃/ 		poussez
/pu.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Etymology

From Old French, from Latin pulsō, pulsāre (“push, strike, beat, batter, hammer”), frequentative of pellō, pellere (“push, drive, hurl, impel, propel”).

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Verb

pousser

  1. (Jersey) to push

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