pousser
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French, inherited from Latin pulsāre, from pulsus (“a push”) (and frequentative of pellō). Compare the prefixed verb expulser, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pousser
- (transitive) to push
- (transitive, followed by the preposition à) to urge on, encourage
- pousser quelqu'un à faire quelque chose
- pousser à
- (intransitive, of a living thing) to grow
- L’arbre pousse vite.
- The tree is growing quickly.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to spring up, to sprout
- Les Starbucks poussent comme des champignons ici.
- The Starbucks are springing up like mushrooms here.
- to utter (a cry)
- (reflexive) to move aside
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of pousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pousser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | poussant /pu.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | poussé /pu.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pousse /pus/ |
pousses /pus/ |
pousse /pus/ |
poussons /pu.sɔ̃/ |
poussez /pu.se/ |
poussent /pus/ |
| imperfect | poussais /pu.sɛ/ |
poussais /pu.sɛ/ |
poussait /pu.sɛ/ |
poussions /pu.sjɔ̃/ |
poussiez /pu.sje/ |
poussaient /pu.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | poussai /pu.se/ |
poussas /pu.sa/ |
poussa /pu.sa/ |
poussâmes /pu.sam/ |
poussâtes /pu.sat/ |
poussèrent /pu.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | pousserai /pu.sʁe/ |
pousseras /pu.sʁa/ |
poussera /pu.sʁa/ |
pousserons /pu.sʁɔ̃/ |
pousserez /pu.sʁe/ |
pousseront /pu.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pousserais /pu.sʁɛ/ |
pousserais /pu.sʁɛ/ |
pousserait /pu.sʁɛ/ |
pousserions /pu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pousseriez /pu.sə.ʁje/ |
pousseraient /pu.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | pousse /pus/ |
pousses /pus/ |
pousse /pus/ |
poussions /pu.sjɔ̃/ |
poussiez /pu.sje/ |
poussent /pus/ |
| imperfect2 | poussasse /pu.sas/ |
poussasses /pu.sas/ |
poussât /pu.sa/ |
poussassions /pu.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
poussassiez /pu.sa.sje/ |
poussassent /pu.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pousse /pus/ |
— | poussons /pu.sɔ̃/ |
poussez /pu.se/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pousser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French, from Latin pulsō, pulsāre (“push, strike, beat, batter, hammer”), frequentative of pellō, pellere (“push, drive, hurl, impel, propel”).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Jersey) (file)
IPA: [pu.s̺e]
Verb edit
pousser
Antonyms edit
- tither (“to pull”)