spolier
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin spoliāre (present active infinitive of spoliō), whence also inherited Old French espoillier. Compare also the prefixed verb dépouiller.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
spolier
- (transitive) to despoil
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of spolier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | spolier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
- “spolier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
spolier