compulser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin compulsāre (“push with force”), intensitive form of Latin compellere (“compel, impel”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pyl.se/
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Verb

compulser

  1. (transitive) to consult

Conjugation
Conjugation of compulser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple compulser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple compulsant
/kɔ̃.pyl.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle compulsé
/kɔ̃.pyl.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present compulse
/kɔ̃.pyls/		 compulses
/kɔ̃.pyls/		 compulse
/kɔ̃.pyls/		 compulsons
/kɔ̃.pyl.sɔ̃/		 compulsez
/kɔ̃.pyl.se/		 compulsent
/kɔ̃.pyls/
imperfect compulsais
/kɔ̃.pyl.sɛ/		 compulsais
/kɔ̃.pyl.sɛ/		 compulsait
/kɔ̃.pyl.sɛ/		 compulsions
/kɔ̃.pyl.sjɔ̃/		 compulsiez
/kɔ̃.pyl.sje/		 compulsaient
/kɔ̃.pyl.sɛ/
past historic2 compulsai
/kɔ̃.pyl.se/		 compulsas
/kɔ̃.pyl.sa/		 compulsa
/kɔ̃.pyl.sa/		 compulsâmes
/kɔ̃.pyl.sam/		 compulsâtes
/kɔ̃.pyl.sat/		 compulsèrent
/kɔ̃.pyl.sɛʁ/
future compulserai
/kɔ̃.pyl.sə.ʁe/		 compulseras
/kɔ̃.pyl.sə.ʁa/		 compulsera
/kɔ̃.pyl.sə.ʁa/		 compulserons
/kɔ̃.pyl.sə.ʁɔ̃/		 compulserez
/kɔ̃.pyl.sə.ʁe/		 compulseront
/kɔ̃.pyl.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional compulserais
/kɔ̃.pyl.sə.ʁɛ/		 compulserais
/kɔ̃.pyl.sə.ʁɛ/		 compulserait
/kɔ̃.pyl.sə.ʁɛ/		 compulserions
/kɔ̃.pyl.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 compulseriez
/kɔ̃.pyl.sə.ʁje/		 compulseraient
/kɔ̃.pyl.sə.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 compulse
/kɔ̃.pyls/		 compulses
/kɔ̃.pyls/		 compulse
/kɔ̃.pyls/		 compulsions
/kɔ̃.pyl.sjɔ̃/		 compulsiez
/kɔ̃.pyl.sje/		 compulsent
/kɔ̃.pyls/
imperfect2 compulsasse
/kɔ̃.pyl.sas/		 compulsasses
/kɔ̃.pyl.sas/		 compulsât
/kɔ̃.pyl.sa/		 compulsassions
/kɔ̃.pyl.sa.sjɔ̃/		 compulsassiez
/kɔ̃.pyl.sa.sje/		 compulsassent
/kɔ̃.pyl.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — compulse
/kɔ̃.pyls/		 — compulsons
/kɔ̃.pyl.sɔ̃/		 compulsez
/kɔ̃.pyl.se/		 —
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).

Descendants
  • → Romanian: compulsa

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