répandre
French
Etymology
From re- + épandre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.pɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb
répandre
- to spill, scatter
- to spread
- Comme un doux léopard elle est souple, et répand / Ses cheveux dénoués aux pieds de son amant. Like a gentle leopard she is supple, and spreads her unfastened hair around her lover's feet. — Alfred de Vigny, ‘La Colère de Samson’
- to shed (tears)
- to give off, give out (a smell etc.)
- (reflexive, se répandre) to spread, to propagate
Conjugation
Conjugation of répandre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | répandre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | répandant /ʁe.pɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | répandu /ʁe.pɑ̃.dy/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | répands /ʁe.pɑ̃/ | répands /ʁe.pɑ̃/ | répand /ʁe.pɑ̃/ | répandons /ʁe.pɑ̃.dɔ̃/ | répandez /ʁe.pɑ̃.de/ | répandent /ʁe.pɑ̃d/ |
imperfect | répandais /ʁe.pɑ̃.dɛ/ | répandais /ʁe.pɑ̃.dɛ/ | répandait /ʁe.pɑ̃.dɛ/ | répandions /ʁe.pɑ̃.djɔ̃/ | répandiez /ʁe.pɑ̃.dje/ | répandaient /ʁe.pɑ̃.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | répandis /ʁe.pɑ̃.di/ | répandis /ʁe.pɑ̃.di/ | répandit /ʁe.pɑ̃.di/ | répandîmes /ʁe.pɑ̃.dim/ | répandîtes /ʁe.pɑ̃.dit/ | répandirent /ʁe.pɑ̃.diʁ/ | |
future | répandrai /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁe/ | répandras /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁa/ | répandra /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁa/ | répandrons /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | répandrez /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁe/ | répandront /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | répandrais /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | répandrais /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | répandrait /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | répandrions /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | répandriez /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁi.je/ | répandraient /ʁe.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
(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 | répande /ʁe.pɑ̃d/ | répandes /ʁe.pɑ̃d/ | répande /ʁe.pɑ̃d/ | répandions /ʁe.pɑ̃.djɔ̃/ | répandiez /ʁe.pɑ̃.dje/ | répandent /ʁe.pɑ̃d/ |
imperfect2 | répandisse /ʁe.pɑ̃.dis/ | répandisses /ʁe.pɑ̃.dis/ | répandît /ʁe.pɑ̃.di/ | répandissions /ʁe.pɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ | répandissiez /ʁe.pɑ̃.di.sje/ | répandissent /ʁe.pɑ̃.dis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | répands /ʁe.pɑ̃/ | — | répandons /ʁe.pɑ̃.dɔ̃/ | répandez /ʁe.pɑ̃.de/ | — | |
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
- “répandre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.