répandre

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French

Etymology

From re- +‎ épandre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe.pɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

répandre

  1. to spill, scatter
  2. to spread
    • Comme un doux léopard elle est souple, et répand / Ses cheveux dénoués aux pieds de son amant. Like a gentle leopard she is supple, and spreads her unfastened hair around her lover's feet. — Alfred de Vigny, ‘La Colère de Samson’
  3. to shed (tears)
  4. to give off, give out (a smell etc.)
  5. (reflexive, se répandre) to spread, to propagate

Conjugation

Conjugation of répandre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple répandre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple répandant
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle répandu
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present répands
/ʁe.pɑ̃/ 		répands
/ʁe.pɑ̃/ 		répand
/ʁe.pɑ̃/ 		répandons
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		répandez
/ʁe.pɑ̃.de/ 		répandent
/ʁe.pɑ̃d/
imperfect répandais
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dɛ/ 		répandais
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dɛ/ 		répandait
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dɛ/ 		répandions
/ʁe.pɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		répandiez
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dje/ 		répandaient
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 répandis
/ʁe.pɑ̃.di/ 		répandis
/ʁe.pɑ̃.di/ 		répandit
/ʁe.pɑ̃.di/ 		répandîmes
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dim/ 		répandîtes
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dit/ 		répandirent
/ʁe.pɑ̃.diʁ/
future répandrai
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁe/ 		répandras
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁa/ 		répandra
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁa/ 		répandrons
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		répandrez
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁe/ 		répandront
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional répandrais
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		répandrais
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		répandrait
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		répandrions
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		répandriez
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁi.je/ 		répandraient
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(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 répande
/ʁe.pɑ̃d/ 		répandes
/ʁe.pɑ̃d/ 		répande
/ʁe.pɑ̃d/ 		répandions
/ʁe.pɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		répandiez
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dje/ 		répandent
/ʁe.pɑ̃d/
imperfect2 répandisse
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dis/ 		répandisses
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dis/ 		répandît
/ʁe.pɑ̃.di/ 		répandissions
/ʁe.pɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		répandissiez
/ʁe.pɑ̃.di.sje/ 		répandissent
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — répands
/ʁe.pɑ̃/ 		— répandons
/ʁe.pɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		répandez
/ʁe.pɑ̃.de/ 		—
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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