polluer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin polluō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ.lɥe/
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Verb

polluer

  1. to pollute (create pollution)
  2. to soil, to pollute (to defame)

Conjugation

Conjugation of polluer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple polluer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple polluant
/pɔ.lɥɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pollué
/pɔ.lɥe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pollue
/pɔ.ly/ 		pollues
/pɔ.ly/ 		pollue
/pɔ.ly/ 		polluons
/pɔ.lɥɔ̃/ 		polluez
/pɔ.lɥe/ 		polluent
/pɔ.ly/
imperfect polluais
/pɔ.lɥɛ/ 		polluais
/pɔ.lɥɛ/ 		polluait
/pɔ.lɥɛ/ 		polluions
/pɔ.ly.jɔ̃/ 		polluiez
/pɔ.ly.je/ 		polluaient
/pɔ.lɥɛ/
past historic2 polluai
/pɔ.lɥe/ 		polluas
/pɔ.lɥa/ 		pollua
/pɔ.lɥa/ 		polluâmes
/pɔ.lɥam/ 		polluâtes
/pɔ.lɥat/ 		polluèrent
/pɔ.lɥɛʁ/
future polluerai
/pɔ.ly.ʁe/ 		pollueras
/pɔ.ly.ʁa/ 		polluera
/pɔ.ly.ʁa/ 		polluerons
/pɔ.ly.ʁɔ̃/ 		polluerez
/pɔ.ly.ʁe/ 		pollueront
/pɔ.ly.ʁɔ̃/
conditional polluerais
/pɔ.ly.ʁɛ/ 		polluerais
/pɔ.ly.ʁɛ/ 		polluerait
/pɔ.ly.ʁɛ/ 		polluerions
/pɔ.ly.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pollueriez
/pɔ.ly.ʁje/ 		pollueraient
/pɔ.ly.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 pollue
/pɔ.ly/ 		pollues
/pɔ.ly/ 		pollue
/pɔ.ly/ 		polluions
/pɔ.ly.jɔ̃/ 		polluiez
/pɔ.ly.je/ 		polluent
/pɔ.ly/
imperfect2 polluasse
/pɔ.lɥas/ 		polluasses
/pɔ.lɥas/ 		polluât
/pɔ.lɥa/ 		polluassions
/pɔ.lɥa.sjɔ̃/ 		polluassiez
/pɔ.lɥa.sje/ 		polluassent
/pɔ.lɥas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pollue
/pɔ.ly/ 		— polluons
/pɔ.lɥɔ̃/ 		polluez
/pɔ.lɥe/ 		—
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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