conspuer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnspuō (infinitive conspuere).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃s.pɥe/
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Verb
conspuer
- to boo, to shout down
Conjugation
Conjugation of conspuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | conspuer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | conspuant /kɔ̃s.pɥɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | conspué /kɔ̃s.pɥe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | conspue /kɔ̃s.py/ |
conspues /kɔ̃s.py/ |
conspue /kɔ̃s.py/ |
conspuons /kɔ̃s.pɥɔ̃/ |
conspuez /kɔ̃s.pɥe/ |
conspuent /kɔ̃s.py/ |
| imperfect | conspuais /kɔ̃s.pɥɛ/ |
conspuais /kɔ̃s.pɥɛ/ |
conspuait /kɔ̃s.pɥɛ/ |
conspuions /kɔ̃s.py.jɔ̃/ |
conspuiez /kɔ̃s.py.je/ |
conspuaient /kɔ̃s.pɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | conspuai /kɔ̃s.pɥe/ |
conspuas /kɔ̃s.pɥa/ |
conspua /kɔ̃s.pɥa/ |
conspuâmes /kɔ̃s.pɥam/ |
conspuâtes /kɔ̃s.pɥat/ |
conspuèrent /kɔ̃s.pɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | conspuerai /kɔ̃s.py.ʁe/ |
conspueras /kɔ̃s.py.ʁa/ |
conspuera /kɔ̃s.py.ʁa/ |
conspuerons /kɔ̃s.py.ʁɔ̃/ |
conspuerez /kɔ̃s.py.ʁe/ |
conspueront /kɔ̃s.py.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | conspuerais /kɔ̃s.py.ʁɛ/ |
conspuerais /kɔ̃s.py.ʁɛ/ |
conspuerait /kɔ̃s.py.ʁɛ/ |
conspuerions /kɔ̃s.py.ʁjɔ̃/ |
conspueriez /kɔ̃s.py.ʁje/ |
conspueraient /kɔ̃s.py.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 | conspue /kɔ̃s.py/ |
conspues /kɔ̃s.py/ |
conspue /kɔ̃s.py/ |
conspuions /kɔ̃s.py.jɔ̃/ |
conspuiez /kɔ̃s.py.je/ |
conspuent /kɔ̃s.py/ |
| imperfect2 | conspuasse /kɔ̃s.pɥas/ |
conspuasses /kɔ̃s.pɥas/ |
conspuât /kɔ̃s.pɥa/ |
conspuassions /kɔ̃s.pɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
conspuassiez /kɔ̃s.pɥa.sje/ |
conspuassent /kɔ̃s.pɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | conspue /kɔ̃s.py/ |
— | conspuons /kɔ̃s.pɥɔ̃/ |
conspuez /kɔ̃s.pɥe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “conspuer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.