spolier
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin spoliāre (present active infinitive of spoliō), whence also inherited Old French espoillier. Compare also the prefixed verb dépouiller.
Pronunciation
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Verb
spolier
- (transitive) to despoil
Conjugation
Conjugation of spolier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | spolier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | spoliant /spɔ.ljɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | spolié /spɔ.lje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | spolie /spɔ.li/ | spolies /spɔ.li/ | spolie /spɔ.li/ | spolions /spɔ.ljɔ̃/ | spoliez /spɔ.lje/ | spolient /spɔ.li/ |
imperfect | spoliais /spɔ.ljɛ/ | spoliais /spɔ.ljɛ/ | spoliait /spɔ.ljɛ/ | spoliions /spɔ.li.jɔ̃/ | spoliiez /spɔ.li.je/ | spoliaient /spɔ.ljɛ/ | |
past historic2 | spoliai /spɔ.lje/ | spolias /spɔ.lja/ | spolia /spɔ.lja/ | spoliâmes /spɔ.ljam/ | spoliâtes /spɔ.ljat/ | spolièrent /spɔ.ljɛʁ/ | |
future | spolierai /spɔ.li.ʁe/ | spolieras /spɔ.li.ʁa/ | spoliera /spɔ.li.ʁa/ | spolierons /spɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ | spolierez /spɔ.li.ʁe/ | spolieront /spɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | spolierais /spɔ.li.ʁɛ/ | spolierais /spɔ.li.ʁɛ/ | spolierait /spɔ.li.ʁɛ/ | spolierions /spɔ.li.ʁjɔ̃/ | spolieriez /spɔ.li.ʁje/ | spolieraient /spɔ.li.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 | spolie /spɔ.li/ | spolies /spɔ.li/ | spolie /spɔ.li/ | spoliions /spɔ.li.jɔ̃/ | spoliiez /spɔ.li.je/ | spolient /spɔ.li/ |
imperfect2 | spoliasse /spɔ.ljas/ | spoliasses /spɔ.ljas/ | spoliât /spɔ.lja/ | spoliassions /spɔ.lja.sjɔ̃/ | spoliassiez /spɔ.lja.sje/ | spoliassent /spɔ.ljas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | spolie /spɔ.li/ | — | spolions /spɔ.ljɔ̃/ | spoliez /spɔ.lje/ | — | |
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
- “spolier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
spolier
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of spoliō