poudroyer
French
Etymology
poudre + -oyer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pu.dʁwa.je/
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Verb
poudroyer
- (intransitive) to rise in clouds
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
Conjugation of poudroyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | poudroyer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | poudroyant /pu.dʁwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | poudroyé /pu.dʁwa.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | poudroie /pu.dʁwa/ | poudroies /pu.dʁwa/ | poudroie /pu.dʁwa/ | poudroyons /pu.dʁwa.jɔ̃/ | poudroyez /pu.dʁwa.je/ | poudroient /pu.dʁwa/ |
imperfect | poudroyais /pu.dʁwa.jɛ/ | poudroyais /pu.dʁwa.jɛ/ | poudroyait /pu.dʁwa.jɛ/ | poudroyions /pu.dʁwaj.jɔ̃/ | poudroyiez /pu.dʁwaj.je/ | poudroyaient /pu.dʁwa.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | poudroyai /pu.dʁwa.je/ | poudroyas /pu.dʁwa.ja/ | poudroya /pu.dʁwa.ja/ | poudroyâmes /pu.dʁwa.jam/ | poudroyâtes /pu.dʁwa.jat/ | poudroyèrent /pu.dʁwa.jɛʁ/ | |
future | poudroierai /pu.dʁwa.ʁe/ | poudroieras /pu.dʁwa.ʁa/ | poudroiera /pu.dʁwa.ʁa/ | poudroierons /pu.dʁwa.ʁɔ̃/ | poudroierez /pu.dʁwa.ʁe/ | poudroieront /pu.dʁwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | poudroierais /pu.dʁwa.ʁɛ/ | poudroierais /pu.dʁwa.ʁɛ/ | poudroierait /pu.dʁwa.ʁɛ/ | poudroierions /pu.dʁwa.ʁjɔ̃/ | poudroieriez /pu.dʁwa.ʁje/ | poudroieraient /pu.dʁwa.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 | poudroie /pu.dʁwa/ | poudroies /pu.dʁwa/ | poudroie /pu.dʁwa/ | poudroyions /pu.dʁwaj.jɔ̃/ | poudroyiez /pu.dʁwaj.je/ | poudroient /pu.dʁwa/ |
imperfect2 | poudroyasse /pu.dʁwa.jas/ | poudroyasses /pu.dʁwa.jas/ | poudroyât /pu.dʁwa.ja/ | poudroyassions /pu.dʁwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ | poudroyassiez /pu.dʁwa.ja.sje/ | poudroyassent /pu.dʁwa.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | poudroie /pu.dʁwa/ | — | poudroyons /pu.dʁwa.jɔ̃/ | poudroyez /pu.dʁwa.je/ | — | |
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). |
Further reading
- “poudroyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.