"pousser" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /pu.se/ Audio: Fr-pousser.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French, inherited from Latin pulsāre, from pulsus (“a push”) (and frequentative of pellō). Compare the prefixed verb expulser, a borrowing from Latin. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French, {{inh+|fr|fro|-}} Inherited from Old French, {{inh|fr|la|pulsō|pulsāre}} Latin pulsāre, {{m|la|pulsus||a push}} pulsus (“a push”), {{m|la|pellō}} pellō, {{m|fr|expulser}} expulser Head templates: {{fr-verb}} pousser Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], pousser [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], poussant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], poussé [participle, past], pousse [first-person, indicative, present, singular], pousses [indicative, present, second-person, singular], pousse [indicative, present, singular, third-person], poussons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], poussez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], poussent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], poussais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], poussais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], poussait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], poussions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], poussiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], poussaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], poussai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], poussas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], poussa [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], poussâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], poussâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], poussèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], pousserai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], pousseras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], poussera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], pousserons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], pousserez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], pousseront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], pousserais [conditional, first-person, singular], pousserais [conditional, second-person, singular], pousserait [conditional, singular, third-person], pousserions [conditional, first-person, plural], pousseriez [conditional, plural, second-person], pousseraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], pousse [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], pousses [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], pousse [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], poussions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], poussiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], poussent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], poussasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], poussasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], poussât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], poussassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], poussassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], poussassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], pousse [imperative, second-person, singular], poussons [first-person, imperative, plural], poussez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to push Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pousser-fr-verb-xf7d~PC8 Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 11 26 11 27 12 14
  2. (transitive, followed by the preposition à) to urge on, encourage Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pousser-fr-verb-s~Eip7nZ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 80 2 7 3 5 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 11 26 11 27 12 14
  3. (intransitive, of a living thing) to grow Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-pousser-fr-verb-Qwswp5iE Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 11 26 11 27 12 14
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) to spring up, to sprout Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-pousser-fr-verb-DWSHh7t~ Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 11 26 11 27 12 14
  5. to utter (a cry)
    Sense id: en-pousser-fr-verb-rF1CVNyg Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 11 26 11 27 12 14
  6. (reflexive) to move aside Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-pousser-fr-verb-FDuaCGOx Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 11 26 11 27 12 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pousser à bout, pousser comme des champignons, pousser dans ses derniers retranchements, pousser le bouchon, pousser mémé dans les orties, se pousser, se sentir pousser des ailes Related terms: poussée, poussette

Inflected forms

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        {
          "english": "The Starbucks are springing up like mushrooms here.",
          "text": "Les Starbucks poussent comme des champignons ici.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to spring up, to sprout"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spring up",
          "spring up"
        ],
        [
          "sprout",
          "sprout"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, figuratively) to spring up, to sprout"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to utter (a cry)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "utter",
          "utter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French reflexive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to move aside"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "aside",
          "aside"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to move aside"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pu.se/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-pousser.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/Fr-pousser.ogg/Fr-pousser.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Fr-pousser.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pousser"
}

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