plébisciter

French

Etymology

plébiscite +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ple.bi.si.te/
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Verb

plébisciter

  1. (transitive) to vote by plebiscite
  2. (transitive) to approve overwhelmingly

Conjugation
Conjugation of plébisciter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple plébisciter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple plébiscitant
/ple.bi.si.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle plébiscité
/ple.bi.si.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present plébiscite
/ple.bi.sit/		 plébiscites
/ple.bi.sit/		 plébiscite
/ple.bi.sit/		 plébiscitons
/ple.bi.si.tɔ̃/		 plébiscitez
/ple.bi.si.te/		 plébiscitent
/ple.bi.sit/
imperfect plébiscitais
/ple.bi.si.tɛ/		 plébiscitais
/ple.bi.si.tɛ/		 plébiscitait
/ple.bi.si.tɛ/		 plébiscitions
/ple.bi.si.tjɔ̃/		 plébiscitiez
/ple.bi.si.tje/		 plébiscitaient
/ple.bi.si.tɛ/
past historic2 plébiscitai
/ple.bi.si.te/		 plébiscitas
/ple.bi.si.ta/		 plébiscita
/ple.bi.si.ta/		 plébiscitâmes
/ple.bi.si.tam/		 plébiscitâtes
/ple.bi.si.tat/		 plébiscitèrent
/ple.bi.si.tɛʁ/
future plébisciterai
/ple.bi.si.tʁe/		 plébisciteras
/ple.bi.si.tʁa/		 plébiscitera
/ple.bi.si.tʁa/		 plébisciterons
/ple.bi.si.tʁɔ̃/		 plébisciterez
/ple.bi.si.tʁe/		 plébisciteront
/ple.bi.si.tʁɔ̃/
conditional plébisciterais
/ple.bi.si.tʁɛ/		 plébisciterais
/ple.bi.si.tʁɛ/		 plébisciterait
/ple.bi.si.tʁɛ/		 plébisciterions
/ple.bi.si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 plébisciteriez
/ple.bi.si.tə.ʁje/		 plébisciteraient
/ple.bi.si.tʁɛ/
(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 plébiscite
/ple.bi.sit/		 plébiscites
/ple.bi.sit/		 plébiscite
/ple.bi.sit/		 plébiscitions
/ple.bi.si.tjɔ̃/		 plébiscitiez
/ple.bi.si.tje/		 plébiscitent
/ple.bi.sit/
imperfect2 plébiscitasse
/ple.bi.si.tas/		 plébiscitasses
/ple.bi.si.tas/		 plébiscitât
/ple.bi.si.ta/		 plébiscitassions
/ple.bi.si.ta.sjɔ̃/		 plébiscitassiez
/ple.bi.si.ta.sje/		 plébiscitassent
/ple.bi.si.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — plébiscite
/ple.bi.sit/		 — plébiscitons
/ple.bi.si.tɔ̃/		 plébiscitez
/ple.bi.si.te/		 —
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).

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