repousser

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ pousser, or from Late Latin repulsāre. See also repulser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.pu.se/

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Verb

repousser

1. to push back, push out of the way
2. to repel, drive back, repulse
3. to ward off, turn away
4. to turn down, dismiss, reject, rule out
   • 2018, Zaz, Résigne-moi:

     J’essaie d’ connecter à toi qui me repousses constamment.

     I try to connect with you who constantly turns me away

5. to push back (into place)
6. to put off, defer, put back, postpone
7. to repulse, repel (of something disgusting)
8. to (hand-)emboss

Conjugation

Conjugation of repousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	repousser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	repoussant /ʁə.pu.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		repoussé /ʁə.pu.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	repousse /ʁə.pus/	repousses /ʁə.pus/	repousse /ʁə.pus/	repoussons /ʁə.pu.sɔ̃/	repoussez /ʁə.pu.se/	repoussent /ʁə.pus/
	imperfect	repoussais /ʁə.pu.sɛ/	repoussais /ʁə.pu.sɛ/	repoussait /ʁə.pu.sɛ/	repoussions /ʁə.pu.sjɔ̃/	repoussiez /ʁə.pu.sje/	repoussaient /ʁə.pu.sɛ/
	past historic2	repoussai /ʁə.pu.se/	repoussas /ʁə.pu.sa/	repoussa /ʁə.pu.sa/	repoussâmes /ʁə.pu.sam/	repoussâtes /ʁə.pu.sat/	repoussèrent /ʁə.pu.sɛʁ/
	future	repousserai /ʁə.pu.sʁe/	repousseras /ʁə.pu.sʁa/	repoussera /ʁə.pu.sʁa/	repousserons /ʁə.pu.sʁɔ̃/	repousserez /ʁə.pu.sʁe/	repousseront /ʁə.pu.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	repousserais /ʁə.pu.sʁɛ/	repousserais /ʁə.pu.sʁɛ/	repousserait /ʁə.pu.sʁɛ/	repousserions /ʁə.pu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	repousseriez /ʁə.pu.sə.ʁje/	repousseraient /ʁə.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	repousse /ʁə.pus/	repousses /ʁə.pus/	repousse /ʁə.pus/	repoussions /ʁə.pu.sjɔ̃/	repoussiez /ʁə.pu.sje/	repoussent /ʁə.pus/
	imperfect2	repoussasse /ʁə.pu.sas/	repoussasses /ʁə.pu.sas/	repoussât /ʁə.pu.sa/	repoussassions /ʁə.pu.sa.sjɔ̃/	repoussassiez /ʁə.pu.sa.sje/	repoussassent /ʁə.pu.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	repousse /ʁə.pus/	—	repoussons /ʁə.pu.sɔ̃/	repoussez /ʁə.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: 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

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