pulvériser

See also: pulveriser

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin pulverizāre, from Latin pulvis, pulveris (“dust, powder”) (whence French poudre).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pyl.ve.ʁi.ze/
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Verb

pulvériser

  1. (transitive) to pulverise (to grind into powder)
    Near-synonym: réduire en poussière
  2. (transitive, informal, figuratively) to pulverise (defeat thoroughly)
    Son principal objectif a toujours été de pulvériser le monde. ― His main objective has always been to destroy the world.
  3. to spray (to project as liquid droplets)
    pulvériser de l'eau sur une plante ― to spray water on a plant

Conjugation

Conjugation of pulvériser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pulvériser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pulvérisant
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pulvérisé
/pyl.ve.ʁi.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pulvérise
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/ 		pulvérises
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/ 		pulvérise
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/ 		pulvérisons
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɔ̃/ 		pulvérisez
/pyl.ve.ʁi.ze/ 		pulvérisent
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/
imperfect pulvérisais
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɛ/ 		pulvérisais
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɛ/ 		pulvérisait
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɛ/ 		pulvérisions
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zjɔ̃/ 		pulvérisiez
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zje/ 		pulvérisaient
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɛ/
past historic2 pulvérisai
/pyl.ve.ʁi.ze/ 		pulvérisas
/pyl.ve.ʁi.za/ 		pulvérisa
/pyl.ve.ʁi.za/ 		pulvérisâmes
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zam/ 		pulvérisâtes
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zat/ 		pulvérisèrent
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɛʁ/
future pulvériserai
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁe/ 		pulvériseras
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁa/ 		pulvérisera
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁa/ 		pulvériserons
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ 		pulvériserez
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁe/ 		pulvériseront
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pulvériserais
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		pulvériserais
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		pulvériserait
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		pulvériserions
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pulvériseriez
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zə.ʁje/ 		pulvériseraient
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.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 pulvérise
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/ 		pulvérises
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/ 		pulvérise
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/ 		pulvérisions
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zjɔ̃/ 		pulvérisiez
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zje/ 		pulvérisent
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/
imperfect2 pulvérisasse
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zas/ 		pulvérisasses
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zas/ 		pulvérisât
/pyl.ve.ʁi.za/ 		pulvérisassions
/pyl.ve.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/ 		pulvérisassiez
/pyl.ve.ʁi.za.sje/ 		pulvérisassent
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pulvérise
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/ 		— pulvérisons
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɔ̃/ 		pulvérisez
/pyl.ve.ʁi.ze/ 		—
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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