spolier

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spoliāre (present active infinitive of spoliō), whence also inherited Old French espoillier. Compare also the prefixed verb dépouiller.

Pronunciation

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Verb

spolier

1. (transitive) to despoil

Conjugation

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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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).

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

spolier

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of spoliō