peupler

French

Etymology

    From peuple +‎ -er. Compare Catalan, Spanish, and Occitan poblar, Portuguese povoar, Italian popolare.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pœ.ple/
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    Verb

    peupler

    1. (transitive) to populate

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of peupler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
    infinitive simple peupler
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle or gerund1 simple peuplant
    /pœ.plɑ̃/
    compound ayant + past participle
    past participle peuplé
    /pœ.ple/
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present peuple
    /pœpl/     		peuples
    /pœpl/     		peuple
    /pœpl/     		peuplons
    /pœ.plɔ̃/     		peuplez
    /pœ.ple/     		peuplent
    /pœpl/
    imperfect peuplais
    /pœ.plɛ/     		peuplais
    /pœ.plɛ/     		peuplait
    /pœ.plɛ/     		peuplions
    /pœ.pli.jɔ̃/     		peupliez
    /pœ.pli.je/     		peuplaient
    /pœ.plɛ/
    past historic2 peuplai
    /pœ.ple/     		peuplas
    /pœ.pla/     		peupla
    /pœ.pla/     		peuplâmes
    /pœ.plam/     		peuplâtes
    /pœ.plat/     		peuplèrent
    /pœ.plɛʁ/
    future peuplerai
    /pœ.plə.ʁe/     		peupleras
    /pœ.plə.ʁa/     		peuplera
    /pœ.plə.ʁa/     		peuplerons
    /pœ.plə.ʁɔ̃/     		peuplerez
    /pœ.plə.ʁe/     		peupleront
    /pœ.plə.ʁɔ̃/
    conditional peuplerais
    /pœ.plə.ʁɛ/     		peuplerais
    /pœ.plə.ʁɛ/     		peuplerait
    /pœ.plə.ʁɛ/     		peuplerions
    /pœ.plə.ʁjɔ̃/     		peupleriez
    /pœ.plə.ʁje/     		peupleraient
    /pœ.plə.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 peuple
    /pœpl/     		peuples
    /pœpl/     		peuple
    /pœpl/     		peuplions
    /pœ.pli.jɔ̃/     		peupliez
    /pœ.pli.je/     		peuplent
    /pœpl/
    imperfect2 peuplasse
    /pœ.plas/     		peuplasses
    /pœ.plas/     		peuplât
    /pœ.pla/     		peuplassions
    /pœ.pla.sjɔ̃/     		peuplassiez
    /pœ.pla.sje/     		peuplassent
    /pœ.plas/
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — peuple
    /pœpl/     		— peuplons
    /pœ.plɔ̃/     		peuplez
    /pœ.ple/     		—
    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).

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