exploser

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.splo.ze/

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• Homophones: explosé, explosée, explosées, explosés

Verb

exploser

1. (intransitive) to explode (fly apart with sudden violent force)
2. (intransitive, figuratively) to explode (increase suddenly)

Conjugation

Conjugation of exploser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	exploser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	explosant /ɛk.splo.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		explosé /ɛk.splo.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	explose /ɛk.sploz/	exploses /ɛk.sploz/	explose /ɛk.sploz/	explosons /ɛk.splo.zɔ̃/	explosez /ɛk.splo.ze/	explosent /ɛk.sploz/
	imperfect	explosais /ɛk.splo.zɛ/	explosais /ɛk.splo.zɛ/	explosait /ɛk.splo.zɛ/	explosions /ɛk.splo.zjɔ̃/	explosiez /ɛk.splo.zje/	explosaient /ɛk.splo.zɛ/
	past historic2	explosai /ɛk.splo.ze/	explosas /ɛk.splo.za/	explosa /ɛk.splo.za/	explosâmes /ɛk.splo.zam/	explosâtes /ɛk.splo.zat/	explosèrent /ɛk.splo.zɛʁ/
	future	exploserai /ɛk.sploz.ʁe/	exploseras /ɛk.sploz.ʁa/	explosera /ɛk.sploz.ʁa/	exploserons /ɛk.sploz.ʁɔ̃/	exploserez /ɛk.sploz.ʁe/	exploseront /ɛk.sploz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	exploserais /ɛk.sploz.ʁɛ/	exploserais /ɛk.sploz.ʁɛ/	exploserait /ɛk.sploz.ʁɛ/	exploserions /ɛk.splo.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	exploseriez /ɛk.splo.zə.ʁje/	exploseraient /ɛk.sploz.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	explose /ɛk.sploz/	exploses /ɛk.sploz/	explose /ɛk.sploz/	explosions /ɛk.splo.zjɔ̃/	explosiez /ɛk.splo.zje/	explosent /ɛk.sploz/
	imperfect2	explosasse /ɛk.splo.zas/	explosasses /ɛk.splo.zas/	explosât /ɛk.splo.za/	explosassions /ɛk.splo.za.sjɔ̃/	explosassiez /ɛk.splo.za.sje/	explosassent /ɛk.splo.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	explose /ɛk.sploz/	—	explosons /ɛk.splo.zɔ̃/	explosez /ɛk.splo.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).

Derived terms

• exploser de rire
• exploser en vol

Related terms

• explosif
• explosion

Further reading

• “exploser” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “exploser” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “exploser” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “exploser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Paronyms

• exposer

Anagrams

• explores