pulvériser

See also: pulveriser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin pulverizo, pulverizare. Compare poudre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pyl.ve.ʁi.ze/
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Verb

pulvériser

  1. to pulverise (grind into powder)
  2. to spray (to project as liquid droplets)
    Pulvériser de l'eau sur une plante.
    To spray water on a plant.
  3. to pulverise (defeat thoroughly)
    Son principal objectif a toujours été de pulvériser le monde.
    His main objective has always been to destroy the world.

Conjugation
Conjugation of pulvériser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pulvériser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pulvérisant
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pulvérisé
/pyl.ve.ʁi.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pulvérise
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/		 pulvérises
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/		 pulvérise
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/		 pulvérisons
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɔ̃/		 pulvérisez
/pyl.ve.ʁi.ze/		 pulvérisent
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/
imperfect pulvérisais
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɛ/		 pulvérisais
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɛ/		 pulvérisait
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɛ/		 pulvérisions
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zjɔ̃/		 pulvérisiez
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zje/		 pulvérisaient
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɛ/
past historic2 pulvérisai
/pyl.ve.ʁi.ze/		 pulvérisas
/pyl.ve.ʁi.za/		 pulvérisa
/pyl.ve.ʁi.za/		 pulvérisâmes
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zam/		 pulvérisâtes
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zat/		 pulvérisèrent
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɛʁ/
future pulvériserai
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁe/		 pulvériseras
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁa/		 pulvérisera
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁa/		 pulvériserons
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/		 pulvériserez
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁe/		 pulvériseront
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pulvériserais
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁɛ/		 pulvériserais
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁɛ/		 pulvériserait
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.ʁɛ/		 pulvériserions
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 pulvériseriez
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zə.ʁje/		 pulvériseraient
/pyl.ve.ʁiz.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 pulvérise
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/		 pulvérises
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/		 pulvérise
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/		 pulvérisions
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zjɔ̃/		 pulvérisiez
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zje/		 pulvérisent
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/
imperfect2 pulvérisasse
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zas/		 pulvérisasses
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zas/		 pulvérisât
/pyl.ve.ʁi.za/		 pulvérisassions
/pyl.ve.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/		 pulvérisassiez
/pyl.ve.ʁi.za.sje/		 pulvérisassent
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pulvérise
/pyl.ve.ʁiz/		 — pulvérisons
/pyl.ve.ʁi.zɔ̃/		 pulvérisez
/pyl.ve.ʁi.ze/		 —
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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