repousser

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French

Etymology

From re- +‎ pousser, or from Late Latin repulsāre. See also repulser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.pu.se/
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Verb

repousser

  1. to push back, push out of the way
  2. to repel, drive back, repulse
  3. to ward off, turn away
  4. to turn down, dismiss, reject, rule out
    • 2018, Zaz, Résigne-moi:
      J’essaie d’ connecter à toi qui me repousses constamment.
      I try to connect with you who constantly turns me away
  5. to push back (into place)
  6. to put off, defer, put back, postpone
  7. to repulse, repel (of something disgusting)
  8. to (hand-)emboss

Conjugation

Conjugation of repousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple repousser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple repoussant
/ʁə.pu.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle repoussé
/ʁə.pu.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present repousse
/ʁə.pus/ 		repousses
/ʁə.pus/ 		repousse
/ʁə.pus/ 		repoussons
/ʁə.pu.sɔ̃/ 		repoussez
/ʁə.pu.se/ 		repoussent
/ʁə.pus/
imperfect repoussais
/ʁə.pu.sɛ/ 		repoussais
/ʁə.pu.sɛ/ 		repoussait
/ʁə.pu.sɛ/ 		repoussions
/ʁə.pu.sjɔ̃/ 		repoussiez
/ʁə.pu.sje/ 		repoussaient
/ʁə.pu.sɛ/
past historic2 repoussai
/ʁə.pu.se/ 		repoussas
/ʁə.pu.sa/ 		repoussa
/ʁə.pu.sa/ 		repoussâmes
/ʁə.pu.sam/ 		repoussâtes
/ʁə.pu.sat/ 		repoussèrent
/ʁə.pu.sɛʁ/
future repousserai
/ʁə.pu.sʁe/ 		repousseras
/ʁə.pu.sʁa/ 		repoussera
/ʁə.pu.sʁa/ 		repousserons
/ʁə.pu.sʁɔ̃/ 		repousserez
/ʁə.pu.sʁe/ 		repousseront
/ʁə.pu.sʁɔ̃/
conditional repousserais
/ʁə.pu.sʁɛ/ 		repousserais
/ʁə.pu.sʁɛ/ 		repousserait
/ʁə.pu.sʁɛ/ 		repousserions
/ʁə.pu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		repousseriez
/ʁə.pu.sə.ʁje/ 		repousseraient
/ʁə.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 repousse
/ʁə.pus/ 		repousses
/ʁə.pus/ 		repousse
/ʁə.pus/ 		repoussions
/ʁə.pu.sjɔ̃/ 		repoussiez
/ʁə.pu.sje/ 		repoussent
/ʁə.pus/
imperfect2 repoussasse
/ʁə.pu.sas/ 		repoussasses
/ʁə.pu.sas/ 		repoussât
/ʁə.pu.sa/ 		repoussassions
/ʁə.pu.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		repoussassiez
/ʁə.pu.sa.sje/ 		repoussassent
/ʁə.pu.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — repousse
/ʁə.pus/ 		— repoussons
/ʁə.pu.sɔ̃/ 		repoussez
/ʁə.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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