pousser
- (transitive) to push
- (transitive) to urge on, encourage
- (intransitive) to grow
- (figuratively, intransitive) to spring up, to sprout
- to utter (a cry)
- (reflexive) to move aside
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pu.se/
Etymology
In summary
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.
drive on
change position
shoot forth
faire avancer
appuyer (sur)
changer de position
prédiposer
faire pousser
faire tomber
faire entrer
faire fléchir
faire céder
faire pencher
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