distribuer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.tʁi.bɥe/

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Verb

distribuer

1. to distribute

Conjugation

Conjugation of distribuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	distribuer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	distribuant /dis.tʁi.bɥɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		distribué /dis.tʁi.bɥe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	distribue /dis.tʁi.by/	distribues /dis.tʁi.by/	distribue /dis.tʁi.by/	distribuons /dis.tʁi.bɥɔ̃/	distribuez /dis.tʁi.bɥe/	distribuent /dis.tʁi.by/
	imperfect	distribuais /dis.tʁi.bɥɛ/	distribuais /dis.tʁi.bɥɛ/	distribuait /dis.tʁi.bɥɛ/	distribuions /dis.tʁi.by.jɔ̃/	distribuiez /dis.tʁi.by.je/	distribuaient /dis.tʁi.bɥɛ/
	past historic2	distribuai /dis.tʁi.bɥe/	distribuas /dis.tʁi.bɥa/	distribua /dis.tʁi.bɥa/	distribuâmes /dis.tʁi.bɥam/	distribuâtes /dis.tʁi.bɥat/	distribuèrent /dis.tʁi.bɥɛʁ/
	future	distribuerai /dis.tʁi.by.ʁe/	distribueras /dis.tʁi.by.ʁa/	distribuera /dis.tʁi.by.ʁa/	distribuerons /dis.tʁi.by.ʁɔ̃/	distribuerez /dis.tʁi.by.ʁe/	distribueront /dis.tʁi.by.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	distribuerais /dis.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/	distribuerais /dis.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/	distribuerait /dis.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/	distribuerions /dis.tʁi.by.ʁjɔ̃/	distribueriez /dis.tʁi.by.ʁje/	distribueraient /dis.tʁi.by.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	distribue /dis.tʁi.by/	distribues /dis.tʁi.by/	distribue /dis.tʁi.by/	distribuions /dis.tʁi.by.jɔ̃/	distribuiez /dis.tʁi.by.je/	distribuent /dis.tʁi.by/
	imperfect2	distribuasse /dis.tʁi.bɥas/	distribuasses /dis.tʁi.bɥas/	distribuât /dis.tʁi.bɥa/	distribuassions /dis.tʁi.bɥa.sjɔ̃/	distribuassiez /dis.tʁi.bɥa.sje/	distribuassent /dis.tʁi.bɥas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	distribue /dis.tʁi.by/	—	distribuons /dis.tʁi.bɥɔ̃/	distribuez /dis.tʁi.bɥe/	—
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

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

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Verb

distribuer

1. imperative of distribuere