refouler

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ fouler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.fu.le/

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Verb

refouler

1. to trample etc. again
2. to repress or suppress; to repulse

Conjugation

Conjugation of refouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	refouler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	refoulant /ʁə.fu.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		refoulé /ʁə.fu.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	refoule /ʁə.ful/	refoules /ʁə.ful/	refoule /ʁə.ful/	refoulons /ʁə.fu.lɔ̃/	refoulez /ʁə.fu.le/	refoulent /ʁə.ful/
	imperfect	refoulais /ʁə.fu.lɛ/	refoulais /ʁə.fu.lɛ/	refoulait /ʁə.fu.lɛ/	refoulions /ʁə.fu.ljɔ̃/	refouliez /ʁə.fu.lje/	refoulaient /ʁə.fu.lɛ/
	past historic2	refoulai /ʁə.fu.le/	refoulas /ʁə.fu.la/	refoula /ʁə.fu.la/	refoulâmes /ʁə.fu.lam/	refoulâtes /ʁə.fu.lat/	refoulèrent /ʁə.fu.lɛʁ/
	future	refoulerai /ʁə.ful.ʁe/	refouleras /ʁə.ful.ʁa/	refoulera /ʁə.ful.ʁa/	refoulerons /ʁə.ful.ʁɔ̃/	refoulerez /ʁə.ful.ʁe/	refouleront /ʁə.ful.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	refoulerais /ʁə.ful.ʁɛ/	refoulerais /ʁə.ful.ʁɛ/	refoulerait /ʁə.ful.ʁɛ/	refoulerions /ʁə.fu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	refouleriez /ʁə.fu.lə.ʁje/	refouleraient /ʁə.ful.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	refoule /ʁə.ful/	refoules /ʁə.ful/	refoule /ʁə.ful/	refoulions /ʁə.fu.ljɔ̃/	refouliez /ʁə.fu.lje/	refoulent /ʁə.ful/
	imperfect2	refoulasse /ʁə.fu.las/	refoulasses /ʁə.fu.las/	refoulât /ʁə.fu.la/	refoulassions /ʁə.fu.la.sjɔ̃/	refoulassiez /ʁə.fu.la.sje/	refoulassent /ʁə.fu.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	refoule /ʁə.ful/	—	refoulons /ʁə.fu.lɔ̃/	refoulez /ʁə.fu.le/	—
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).

Derived terms

• refouler du goulot

Further reading

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