propager

French

Etymology

From Latin propagāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/

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Verb

propager

1. (transitive) to propagate, spread
2. (reflexive) to propagate, spread

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written propage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of propager (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	propager
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	propageant /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		propagé /pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/	propages /pʁɔ.paʒ/	propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/	propageons /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɔ̃/	propagez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/	propagent /pʁɔ.paʒ/
	imperfect	propageais /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/	propageais /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/	propageait /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/	propagions /pʁɔ.pa.ʒjɔ̃/	propagiez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒje/	propageaient /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	propageai /pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/	propageas /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa/	propagea /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa/	propageâmes /pʁɔ.pa.ʒam/	propageâtes /pʁɔ.pa.ʒat/	propagèrent /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɛʁ/
	future	propagerai /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁe/	propageras /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁa/	propagera /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁa/	propagerons /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɔ̃/	propagerez /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁe/	propageront /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	propagerais /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɛ/	propagerais /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɛ/	propagerait /pʁɔ.paʒ.ʁɛ/	propagerions /pʁɔ.pa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	propageriez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒə.ʁje/	propageraient /pʁɔ.paʒ.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	propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/	propages /pʁɔ.paʒ/	propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/	propagions /pʁɔ.pa.ʒjɔ̃/	propagiez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒje/	propagent /pʁɔ.paʒ/
	imperfect2	propageasse /pʁɔ.pa.ʒas/	propageasses /pʁɔ.pa.ʒas/	propageât /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa/	propageassions /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	propageassiez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒa.sje/	propageassent /pʁɔ.pa.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	propage /pʁɔ.paʒ/	—	propageons /pʁɔ.pa.ʒɔ̃/	propagez /pʁɔ.pa.ʒe/	—
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).

Related terms

• propagation

Further reading

• “propager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

prōpāger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of prōpāgō