polluer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin polluō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɔ.lɥe/
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Verb

polluer

  1. to pollute (create pollution)
  2. to soil, to pollute (to defame)

Conjugation
Conjugation of polluer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple polluer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple polluant
/pɔ.lɥɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pollué
/pɔ.lɥe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pollue
/pɔ.ly/		 pollues
/pɔ.ly/		 pollue
/pɔ.ly/		 polluons
/pɔ.lɥɔ̃/		 polluez
/pɔ.lɥe/		 polluent
/pɔ.ly/
imperfect polluais
/pɔ.lɥɛ/		 polluais
/pɔ.lɥɛ/		 polluait
/pɔ.lɥɛ/		 polluions
/pɔ.ly.jɔ̃/		 polluiez
/pɔ.ly.je/		 polluaient
/pɔ.lɥɛ/
past historic2 polluai
/pɔ.lɥe/		 polluas
/pɔ.lɥa/		 pollua
/pɔ.lɥa/		 polluâmes
/pɔ.lɥam/		 polluâtes
/pɔ.lɥat/		 polluèrent
/pɔ.lɥɛʁ/
future polluerai
/pɔ.ly.ʁe/		 pollueras
/pɔ.ly.ʁa/		 polluera
/pɔ.ly.ʁa/		 polluerons
/pɔ.ly.ʁɔ̃/		 polluerez
/pɔ.ly.ʁe/		 pollueront
/pɔ.ly.ʁɔ̃/
conditional polluerais
/pɔ.ly.ʁɛ/		 polluerais
/pɔ.ly.ʁɛ/		 polluerait
/pɔ.ly.ʁɛ/		 polluerions
/pɔ.ly.ʁjɔ̃/		 pollueriez
/pɔ.ly.ʁje/		 pollueraient
/pɔ.ly.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 pollue
/pɔ.ly/		 pollues
/pɔ.ly/		 pollue
/pɔ.ly/		 polluions
/pɔ.ly.jɔ̃/		 polluiez
/pɔ.ly.je/		 polluent
/pɔ.ly/
imperfect2 polluasse
/pɔ.lɥas/		 polluasses
/pɔ.lɥas/		 polluât
/pɔ.lɥa/		 polluassions
/pɔ.lɥa.sjɔ̃/		 polluassiez
/pɔ.lɥa.sje/		 polluassent
/pɔ.lɥas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pollue
/pɔ.ly/		 — polluons
/pɔ.lɥɔ̃/		 polluez
/pɔ.lɥe/		 —
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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