divulguer

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīvulgāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vyl.ɡe/

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Verb

divulguer

1. to divulge

Conjugation

Conjugation of divulguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	divulguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	divulguant /di.vyl.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		divulgué /di.vyl.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	divulgue /di.vylɡ/	divulgues /di.vylɡ/	divulgue /di.vylɡ/	divulguons /di.vyl.ɡɔ̃/	divulguez /di.vyl.ɡe/	divulguent /di.vylɡ/
	imperfect	divulguais /di.vyl.ɡɛ/	divulguais /di.vyl.ɡɛ/	divulguait /di.vyl.ɡɛ/	divulguions /di.vyl.ɡjɔ̃/	divulguiez /di.vyl.ɡje/	divulguaient /di.vyl.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	divulguai /di.vyl.ɡe/	divulguas /di.vyl.ɡa/	divulgua /di.vyl.ɡa/	divulguâmes /di.vyl.ɡam/	divulguâtes /di.vyl.ɡat/	divulguèrent /di.vyl.ɡɛʁ/
	future	divulguerai /di.vyl.ɡə.ʁe/	divulgueras /di.vyl.ɡə.ʁa/	divulguera /di.vyl.ɡə.ʁa/	divulguerons /di.vyl.ɡə.ʁɔ̃/	divulguerez /di.vyl.ɡə.ʁe/	divulgueront /di.vyl.ɡə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	divulguerais /di.vyl.ɡə.ʁɛ/	divulguerais /di.vyl.ɡə.ʁɛ/	divulguerait /di.vyl.ɡə.ʁɛ/	divulguerions /di.vyl.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	divulgueriez /di.vyl.ɡə.ʁje/	divulgueraient /di.vyl.ɡə.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	divulgue /di.vylɡ/	divulgues /di.vylɡ/	divulgue /di.vylɡ/	divulguions /di.vyl.ɡjɔ̃/	divulguiez /di.vyl.ɡje/	divulguent /di.vylɡ/
	imperfect2	divulguasse /di.vyl.ɡas/	divulguasses /di.vyl.ɡas/	divulguât /di.vyl.ɡa/	divulguassions /di.vyl.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	divulguassiez /di.vyl.ɡa.sje/	divulguassent /di.vyl.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	divulgue /di.vylɡ/	—	divulguons /di.vyl.ɡɔ̃/	divulguez /di.vyl.ɡe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• divulgation
• divulgâcher

Further reading

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