proroger

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōrogāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒe/
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Verb

proroger

  1. to extend
  2. to defer, put back
  3. to adjourn
  4. (politics) to prorogue

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written proroge- 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 proroger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple proroger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple prorogeant
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle prorogé
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present proroge
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ/ 		proroges
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ/ 		proroge
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ/ 		prorogeons
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/ 		prorogez
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ 		prorogent
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ/
imperfect prorogeais
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ 		prorogeais
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ 		prorogeait
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/ 		prorogions
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		prorogiez
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒje/ 		prorogeaient
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒɛ/
past historic2 prorogeai
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒe/ 		prorogeas
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒa/ 		prorogea
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒa/ 		prorogeâmes
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒam/ 		prorogeâtes
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒat/ 		prorogèrent
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒɛʁ/
future prorogerai
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/ 		prorogeras
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/ 		prorogera
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ.ʁa/ 		prorogerons
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		prorogerez
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ.ʁe/ 		prorogeront
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional prorogerais
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ 		prorogerais
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ 		prorogerait
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ.ʁɛ/ 		prorogerions
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		prorogeriez
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒə.ʁje/ 		prorogeraient
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ.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 proroge
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ/ 		proroges
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ/ 		proroge
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ/ 		prorogions
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		prorogiez
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒje/ 		prorogent
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ/
imperfect2 prorogeasse
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒas/ 		prorogeasses
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒas/ 		prorogeât
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒa/ 		prorogeassions
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		prorogeassiez
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒa.sje/ 		prorogeassent
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — proroge
/pʁɔ.ʁɔʒ/ 		— prorogeons
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ʒɔ̃/ 		prorogez
/pʁɔ.ʁɔ.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).

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

prōroger

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of prōrogō
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