postillonner

French

Etymology

From postillon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

postillonner

  1. to splutter (speak while spitting)

Conjugation

Conjugation of postillonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple postillonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple postillonnant
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle postillonné
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present postillonne
/pɔs.ti.jɔn/ 		postillonnes
/pɔs.ti.jɔn/ 		postillonne
/pɔs.ti.jɔn/ 		postillonnons
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɔ̃/ 		postillonnez
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.ne/ 		postillonnent
/pɔs.ti.jɔn/
imperfect postillonnais
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɛ/ 		postillonnais
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɛ/ 		postillonnait
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɛ/ 		postillonnions
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.njɔ̃/ 		postillonniez
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nje/ 		postillonnaient
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 postillonnai
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.ne/ 		postillonnas
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.na/ 		postillonna
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.na/ 		postillonnâmes
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nam/ 		postillonnâtes
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nat/ 		postillonnèrent
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɛʁ/
future postillonnerai
/pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁe/ 		postillonneras
/pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁa/ 		postillonnera
/pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁa/ 		postillonnerons
/pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		postillonnerez
/pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁe/ 		postillonneront
/pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional postillonnerais
/pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁɛ/ 		postillonnerais
/pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁɛ/ 		postillonnerait
/pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁɛ/ 		postillonnerions
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		postillonneriez
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		postillonneraient
/pɔs.ti.jɔn.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 postillonne
/pɔs.ti.jɔn/ 		postillonnes
/pɔs.ti.jɔn/ 		postillonne
/pɔs.ti.jɔn/ 		postillonnions
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.njɔ̃/ 		postillonniez
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nje/ 		postillonnent
/pɔs.ti.jɔn/
imperfect2 postillonnasse
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nas/ 		postillonnasses
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nas/ 		postillonnât
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.na/ 		postillonnassions
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		postillonnassiez
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.na.sje/ 		postillonnassent
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — postillonne
/pɔs.ti.jɔn/ 		— postillonnons
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɔ̃/ 		postillonnez
/pɔs.ti.jɔ.ne/ 		—
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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