expectorer

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

expectorer

1. to expectorate

Conjugation

Conjugation of expectorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	expectorer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	expectorant /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		expectoré /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	expectore /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/	expectores /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/	expectore /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/	expectorons /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɔ̃/	expectorez /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁe/	expectorent /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/
	imperfect	expectorais /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɛ/	expectorais /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɛ/	expectorait /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɛ/	expectorions /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	expectoriez /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁje/	expectoraient /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	expectorai /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁe/	expectoras /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa/	expectora /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa/	expectorâmes /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁam/	expectorâtes /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁat/	expectorèrent /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	expectorerai /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	expectoreras /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	expectorera /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	expectorerons /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	expectorerez /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	expectoreront /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	expectorerais /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	expectorerais /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	expectorerait /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	expectorerions /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	expectoreriez /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	expectoreraient /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁə.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	expectore /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/	expectores /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/	expectore /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/	expectorions /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	expectoriez /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁje/	expectorent /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/
	imperfect2	expectorasse /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁas/	expectorasses /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁas/	expectorât /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa/	expectorassions /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	expectorassiez /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa.sje/	expectorassent /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	expectore /ɛk.spɛk.tɔʁ/	—	expectorons /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁɔ̃/	expectorez /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁe/	—
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

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