postposer

French

Etymology

From Latin postponere, altered based on French poser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔst.po.ze/
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Verb

postposer

  1. (grammar) to postpose
  2. (Belgium) to postpone
    Synonyms: ajourner, différer

Conjugation

Conjugation of postposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple postposer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple postposant
/pɔst.po.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle postposé
/pɔst.po.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present postpose
/pɔst.poz/ 		postposes
/pɔst.poz/ 		postpose
/pɔst.poz/ 		postposons
/pɔst.po.zɔ̃/ 		postposez
/pɔst.po.ze/ 		postposent
/pɔst.poz/
imperfect postposais
/pɔst.po.zɛ/ 		postposais
/pɔst.po.zɛ/ 		postposait
/pɔst.po.zɛ/ 		postposions
/pɔst.po.zjɔ̃/ 		postposiez
/pɔst.po.zje/ 		postposaient
/pɔst.po.zɛ/
past historic2 postposai
/pɔst.po.ze/ 		postposas
/pɔst.po.za/ 		postposa
/pɔst.po.za/ 		postposâmes
/pɔst.po.zam/ 		postposâtes
/pɔst.po.zat/ 		postposèrent
/pɔst.po.zɛʁ/
future postposerai
/pɔst.poz.ʁe/ 		postposeras
/pɔst.poz.ʁa/ 		postposera
/pɔst.poz.ʁa/ 		postposerons
/pɔst.poz.ʁɔ̃/ 		postposerez
/pɔst.poz.ʁe/ 		postposeront
/pɔst.poz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional postposerais
/pɔst.poz.ʁɛ/ 		postposerais
/pɔst.poz.ʁɛ/ 		postposerait
/pɔst.poz.ʁɛ/ 		postposerions
/pɔst.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		postposeriez
/pɔst.po.zə.ʁje/ 		postposeraient
/pɔst.poz.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 postpose
/pɔst.poz/ 		postposes
/pɔst.poz/ 		postpose
/pɔst.poz/ 		postposions
/pɔst.po.zjɔ̃/ 		postposiez
/pɔst.po.zje/ 		postposent
/pɔst.poz/
imperfect2 postposasse
/pɔst.po.zas/ 		postposasses
/pɔst.po.zas/ 		postposât
/pɔst.po.za/ 		postposassions
/pɔst.po.za.sjɔ̃/ 		postposassiez
/pɔst.po.za.sje/ 		postposassent
/pɔst.po.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — postpose
/pɔst.poz/ 		— postposons
/pɔst.po.zɔ̃/ 		postposez
/pɔst.po.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).

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