propager

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French

Etymology

From Latin propagāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/
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Verb

propager

  1. (transitive) to propagate, spread
  2. (reflexive) to propagate, spread

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written propage- 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 propager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple propager
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple propageant
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle propagé
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present propage
/pʁɔ.paʒ/ 		propages
/pʁɔ.paʒ/ 		propage
/pʁɔ.paʒ/ 		propageons
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒɔ̃/ 		propagez
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/ 		propagent
/pʁɔ.paʒ/
imperfect propageais
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/ 		propageais
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/ 		propageait
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/ 		propagions
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒjɔ̃/ 		propagiez
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒje/ 		propageaient
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/
past historic2 propageai
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/ 		propageas
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒa/ 		propagea
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒa/ 		propageâmes
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒam/ 		propageâtes
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒat/ 		propagèrent
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛʁ/
future propagerai
/pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁe/ 		propageras
/pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁa/ 		propagera
/pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁa/ 		propagerons
/pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		propagerez
/pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁe/ 		propageront
/pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional propagerais
/pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɛ/ 		propagerais
/pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɛ/ 		propagerait
/pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɛ/ 		propagerions
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		propageriez
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒə.ʁje/ 		propageraient
/pʁɔ.paʒ.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 propage
/pʁɔ.paʒ/ 		propages
/pʁɔ.paʒ/ 		propage
/pʁɔ.paʒ/ 		propagions
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒjɔ̃/ 		propagiez
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒje/ 		propagent
/pʁɔ.paʒ/
imperfect2 propageasse
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒas/ 		propageasses
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒas/ 		propageât
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒa/ 		propageassions
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		propageassiez
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒa.sje/ 		propageassent
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — propage
/pʁɔ.paʒ/ 		— propageons
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒɔ̃/ 		propagez
/pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/ 		—
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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Further reading

Latin

Verb

prōpāger

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of prōpāgō
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