promouvoir

French

Etymology

From Latin prōmovēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.mu.vwaʁ/

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• Rhymes: -aʁ

Verb

promouvoir

1. to promote (advertise a product)

   Synonym: promotionner

2. to promote (encourage)

   Synonym: promotionner

Conjugation

Conjugation of promouvoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	promouvoir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	promouvant /pʁɔ.mu.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		promu /pʁɔ.my/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	promeus /pʁɔ.mø/	promeus /pʁɔ.mø/	promeut /pʁɔ.mø/	promouvons /pʁɔ.mu.vɔ̃/	promouvez /pʁɔ.mu.ve/	promeuvent /pʁɔ.mœv/
	imperfect	promouvais /pʁɔ.mu.vɛ/	promouvais /pʁɔ.mu.vɛ/	promouvait /pʁɔ.mu.vɛ/	promouvions /pʁɔ.mu.vjɔ̃/	promouviez /pʁɔ.mu.vje/	promouvaient /pʁɔ.mu.vɛ/
	past historic2	promus /pʁɔ.my/	promus /pʁɔ.my/	promut /pʁɔ.my/	promûmes /pʁɔ.mym/	promûtes /pʁɔ.myt/	promurent /pʁɔ.myʁ/
	future	promouvrai /pʁɔ.mu.vʁe/	promouvras /pʁɔ.mu.vʁa/	promouvra /pʁɔ.mu.vʁa/	promouvrons /pʁɔ.mu.vʁɔ̃/	promouvrez /pʁɔ.mu.vʁe/	promouvront /pʁɔ.mu.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	promouvrais /pʁɔ.mu.vʁɛ/	promouvrais /pʁɔ.mu.vʁɛ/	promouvrait /pʁɔ.mu.vʁɛ/	promouvrions /pʁɔ.mu.vʁi.jɔ̃/	promouvriez /pʁɔ.mu.vʁi.je/	promouvraient /pʁɔ.mu.vʁɛ/
(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	promeuve /pʁɔ.mœv/	promeuves /pʁɔ.mœv/	promeuve /pʁɔ.mœv/	promouvions /pʁɔ.mu.vjɔ̃/	promouviez /pʁɔ.mu.vje/	promeuvent /pʁɔ.mœv/
	imperfect2	promusse /pʁɔ.mys/	promusses /pʁɔ.mys/	promût /pʁɔ.my/	promussions /pʁɔ.my.sjɔ̃/	promussiez /pʁɔ.my.sje/	promussent /pʁɔ.mys/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	promeus /pʁɔ.mø/	—	promouvons /pʁɔ.mu.vɔ̃/	promouvez /pʁɔ.mu.ve/	—
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

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