épouser
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French espouser, from Old French espouser, from Latin spōnsāre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editépouser
- (transitive) to marry, to wed
- (reflexive, s'épouser) to marry, to get married, wed
- (transitive) to cling to, hug (of tight clothes etc.)
Conjugation
editConjugation of épouser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | épouser | |||||
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compound | avoir past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | épousant /e.pu.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant past participle | ||||||
past participle | épousé /e.pu.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | épouse /e.puz/ |
épouses /e.puz/ |
épouse /e.puz/ |
épousons /e.pu.zɔ̃/ |
épousez /e.pu.ze/ |
épousent /e.puz/ |
imperfect | épousais /e.pu.zɛ/ |
épousais /e.pu.zɛ/ |
épousait /e.pu.zɛ/ |
épousions /e.pu.zjɔ̃/ |
épousiez /e.pu.zje/ |
épousaient /e.pu.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | épousai /e.pu.ze/ |
épousas /e.pu.za/ |
épousa /e.pu.za/ |
épousâmes /e.pu.zam/ |
épousâtes /e.pu.zat/ |
épousèrent /e.pu.zɛʁ/ | |
future | épouserai /e.puz.ʁe/ |
épouseras /e.puz.ʁa/ |
épousera /e.puz.ʁa/ |
épouserons /e.puz.ʁɔ̃/ |
épouserez /e.puz.ʁe/ |
épouseront /e.puz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | épouserais /e.puz.ʁɛ/ |
épouserais /e.puz.ʁɛ/ |
épouserait /e.puz.ʁɛ/ |
épouserions /e.pu.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
épouseriez /e.pu.zə.ʁje/ |
épouseraient /e.puz.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 | épouse /e.puz/ |
épouses /e.puz/ |
épouse /e.puz/ |
épousions /e.pu.zjɔ̃/ |
épousiez /e.pu.zje/ |
épousent /e.puz/ |
imperfect2 | épousasse /e.pu.zas/ |
épousasses /e.pu.zas/ |
épousât /e.pu.za/ |
épousassions /e.pu.za.sjɔ̃/ |
épousassiez /e.pu.za.sje/ |
épousassent /e.pu.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | épouse /e.puz/ |
— | épousons /e.pu.zɔ̃/ |
épousez /e.pu.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “épouser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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