prolonger

English

Etymology

prolong +‎ -er

Noun

prolonger (plural prolongers)

  1. One who or that which prolongs, or lengthens in time or space.

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prolongo, prolongare. Cf. also Old French porloignier.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe/
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Verb

prolonger

  1. to prolong

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written prolonge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of prolonger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle prolongeant
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɑ̃/
past participle prolongé
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe/
infinitive
simple prolonger
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple prolongeant
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present prolonge
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/		 prolonges
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/		 prolonge
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/		 prolongeons
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/		 prolongez
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe/		 prolongent
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/
imperfect prolongeais
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/		 prolongeais
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/		 prolongeait
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/		 prolongions
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/		 prolongiez
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒje/		 prolongeaient
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/
past historic2 prolongeai
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe/		 prolongeas
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒa/		 prolongea
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒa/		 prolongeâmes
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒam/		 prolongeâtes
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒat/		 prolongèrent
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɛʁ/
future prolongerai
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/		 prolongeras
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/		 prolongera
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/		 prolongerons
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/		 prolongerez
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/		 prolongeront
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional prolongerais
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/		 prolongerais
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/		 prolongerait
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/		 prolongerions
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/		 prolongeriez
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒə.ʁje/		 prolongeraient
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.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 prolonge
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/		 prolonges
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/		 prolonge
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/		 prolongions
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/		 prolongiez
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒje/		 prolongent
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/
imperfect2 prolongeasse
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒas/		 prolongeasses
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒas/		 prolongeât
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒa/		 prolongeassions
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/		 prolongeassiez
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒa.sje/		 prolongeassent
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — prolonge
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ/		 — prolongeons
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/		 prolongez
/pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ʒe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

prōlonger

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of prōlongō
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