expédier

French

Etymology

From expédi(ent) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛk.spe.dje/
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Verb

expédier

  1. to post, to send, to ship
  2. to expedite
  3. to deal with quickly, to get rid of

Conjugation

Conjugation of expédier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple expédier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple expédiant
/ɛk.spe.djɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle expédié
/ɛk.spe.dje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present expédie
/ɛk.spe.di/ 		expédies
/ɛk.spe.di/ 		expédie
/ɛk.spe.di/ 		expédions
/ɛk.spe.djɔ̃/ 		expédiez
/ɛk.spe.dje/ 		expédient
/ɛk.spe.di/
imperfect expédiais
/ɛk.spe.djɛ/ 		expédiais
/ɛk.spe.djɛ/ 		expédiait
/ɛk.spe.djɛ/ 		expédiions
/ɛk.spe.di.jɔ̃/ 		expédiiez
/ɛk.spe.di.je/ 		expédiaient
/ɛk.spe.djɛ/
past historic2 expédiai
/ɛk.spe.dje/ 		expédias
/ɛk.spe.dja/ 		expédia
/ɛk.spe.dja/ 		expédiâmes
/ɛk.spe.djam/ 		expédiâtes
/ɛk.spe.djat/ 		expédièrent
/ɛk.spe.djɛʁ/
future expédierai
/ɛk.spe.di.ʁe/ 		expédieras
/ɛk.spe.di.ʁa/ 		expédiera
/ɛk.spe.di.ʁa/ 		expédierons
/ɛk.spe.di.ʁɔ̃/ 		expédierez
/ɛk.spe.di.ʁe/ 		expédieront
/ɛk.spe.di.ʁɔ̃/
conditional expédierais
/ɛk.spe.di.ʁɛ/ 		expédierais
/ɛk.spe.di.ʁɛ/ 		expédierait
/ɛk.spe.di.ʁɛ/ 		expédierions
/ɛk.spe.di.ʁjɔ̃/ 		expédieriez
/ɛk.spe.di.ʁje/ 		expédieraient
/ɛk.spe.di.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 expédie
/ɛk.spe.di/ 		expédies
/ɛk.spe.di/ 		expédie
/ɛk.spe.di/ 		expédiions
/ɛk.spe.di.jɔ̃/ 		expédiiez
/ɛk.spe.di.je/ 		expédient
/ɛk.spe.di/
imperfect2 expédiasse
/ɛk.spe.djas/ 		expédiasses
/ɛk.spe.djas/ 		expédiât
/ɛk.spe.dja/ 		expédiassions
/ɛk.spe.dja.sjɔ̃/ 		expédiassiez
/ɛk.spe.dja.sje/ 		expédiassent
/ɛk.spe.djas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — expédie
/ɛk.spe.di/ 		— expédions
/ɛk.spe.djɔ̃/ 		expédiez
/ɛk.spe.dje/ 		—
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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