répugner

See also: repugner

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repugnāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.py.ɲe/

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Verb

répugner

1. to repel, disgust
2. to be loath or reluctant (to do something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of répugner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	répugner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	répugnant /ʁe.py.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		répugné /ʁe.py.ɲe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	répugne /ʁe.pyɲ/	répugnes /ʁe.pyɲ/	répugne /ʁe.pyɲ/	répugnons /ʁe.py.ɲɔ̃/	répugnez /ʁe.py.ɲe/	répugnent /ʁe.pyɲ/
	imperfect	répugnais /ʁe.py.ɲɛ/	répugnais /ʁe.py.ɲɛ/	répugnait /ʁe.py.ɲɛ/	répugnions /ʁe.py.ɲjɔ̃/	répugniez /ʁe.py.ɲje/	répugnaient /ʁe.py.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	répugnai /ʁe.py.ɲe/	répugnas /ʁe.py.ɲa/	répugna /ʁe.py.ɲa/	répugnâmes /ʁe.py.ɲam/	répugnâtes /ʁe.py.ɲat/	répugnèrent /ʁe.py.ɲɛʁ/
	future	répugnerai /ʁe.py.ɲə.ʁe/	répugneras /ʁe.py.ɲə.ʁa/	répugnera /ʁe.py.ɲə.ʁa/	répugnerons /ʁe.py.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/	répugnerez /ʁe.py.ɲə.ʁe/	répugneront /ʁe.py.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	répugnerais /ʁe.py.ɲə.ʁɛ/	répugnerais /ʁe.py.ɲə.ʁɛ/	répugnerait /ʁe.py.ɲə.ʁɛ/	répugnerions /ʁe.py.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/	répugneriez /ʁe.py.ɲə.ʁje/	répugneraient /ʁe.py.ɲə.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	répugne /ʁe.pyɲ/	répugnes /ʁe.pyɲ/	répugne /ʁe.pyɲ/	répugnions /ʁe.py.ɲjɔ̃/	répugniez /ʁe.py.ɲje/	répugnent /ʁe.pyɲ/
	imperfect2	répugnasse /ʁe.py.ɲas/	répugnasses /ʁe.py.ɲas/	répugnât /ʁe.py.ɲa/	répugnassions /ʁe.py.ɲa.sjɔ̃/	répugnassiez /ʁe.py.ɲa.sje/	répugnassent /ʁe.py.ɲas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	répugne /ʁe.pyɲ/	—	répugnons /ʁe.py.ɲɔ̃/	répugnez /ʁe.py.ɲe/	—
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).

Further reading

• “répugner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.