arpenter

French

Etymology

From arpent +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

arpenter

  1. to survey land
  2. to pace, to measure
  3. to pace, to walk to and fro

Conjugation

Conjugation of arpenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple arpenter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple arpentant
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle arpenté
/aʁ.pɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present arpente
/aʁ.pɑ̃t/ 		arpentes
/aʁ.pɑ̃t/ 		arpente
/aʁ.pɑ̃t/ 		arpentons
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		arpentez
/aʁ.pɑ̃.te/ 		arpentent
/aʁ.pɑ̃t/
imperfect arpentais
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/ 		arpentais
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/ 		arpentait
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/ 		arpentions
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		arpentiez
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tje/ 		arpentaient
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 arpentai
/aʁ.pɑ̃.te/ 		arpentas
/aʁ.pɑ̃.ta/ 		arpenta
/aʁ.pɑ̃.ta/ 		arpentâmes
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tam/ 		arpentâtes
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tat/ 		arpentèrent
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future arpenterai
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁe/ 		arpenteras
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁa/ 		arpentera
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁa/ 		arpenterons
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		arpenterez
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁe/ 		arpenteront
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional arpenterais
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		arpenterais
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		arpenterait
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		arpenterions
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		arpenteriez
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		arpenteraient
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 arpente
/aʁ.pɑ̃t/ 		arpentes
/aʁ.pɑ̃t/ 		arpente
/aʁ.pɑ̃t/ 		arpentions
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		arpentiez
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tje/ 		arpentent
/aʁ.pɑ̃t/
imperfect2 arpentasse
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tas/ 		arpentasses
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tas/ 		arpentât
/aʁ.pɑ̃.ta/ 		arpentassions
/aʁ.pɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		arpentassiez
/aʁ.pɑ̃.ta.sje/ 		arpentassent
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — arpente
/aʁ.pɑ̃t/ 		— arpentons
/aʁ.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		arpentez
/aʁ.pɑ̃.te/ 		—
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).

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