postillonner
French
Etymology
postillon + -er
Pronunciation
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Verb
postillonner
- to splutter (speak while spitting)
Conjugation
Conjugation of postillonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | postillonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | postillonnant /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | postillonné /pɔs.ti.jɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | postillonne /pɔs.ti.jɔn/ | postillonnes /pɔs.ti.jɔn/ | postillonne /pɔs.ti.jɔn/ | postillonnons /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɔ̃/ | postillonnez /pɔs.ti.jɔ.ne/ | postillonnent /pɔs.ti.jɔn/ |
| imperfect | postillonnais /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɛ/ | postillonnais /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɛ/ | postillonnait /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɛ/ | postillonnions /pɔs.ti.jɔ.njɔ̃/ | postillonniez /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nje/ | postillonnaient /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | postillonnai /pɔs.ti.jɔ.ne/ | postillonnas /pɔs.ti.jɔ.na/ | postillonna /pɔs.ti.jɔ.na/ | postillonnâmes /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nam/ | postillonnâtes /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nat/ | postillonnèrent /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | postillonnerai /pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁe/ | postillonneras /pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁa/ | postillonnera /pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁa/ | postillonnerons /pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | postillonnerez /pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁe/ | postillonneront /pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | postillonnerais /pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁɛ/ | postillonnerais /pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁɛ/ | postillonnerait /pɔs.ti.jɔn.ʁɛ/ | postillonnerions /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | postillonneriez /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nə.ʁje/ | postillonneraient /pɔs.ti.jɔn.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 | postillonne /pɔs.ti.jɔn/ | postillonnes /pɔs.ti.jɔn/ | postillonne /pɔs.ti.jɔn/ | postillonnions /pɔs.ti.jɔ.njɔ̃/ | postillonniez /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nje/ | postillonnent /pɔs.ti.jɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | postillonnasse /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nas/ | postillonnasses /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nas/ | postillonnât /pɔs.ti.jɔ.na/ | postillonnassions /pɔs.ti.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | postillonnassiez /pɔs.ti.jɔ.na.sje/ | postillonnassent /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | postillonne /pɔs.ti.jɔn/ | — | postillonnons /pɔs.ti.jɔ.nɔ̃/ | postillonnez /pɔs.ti.jɔ.ne/ | — | |
| 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
- postillonnade
- postillonnage
- postillonnant
- postillonneux
Further reading
- “postillonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.