centrer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃.tʁe/
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Verb
centrer
- to center (put into, move into to center)
Conjugation
Conjugation of centrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | centrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | centrant /sɑ̃.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | centré /sɑ̃.tʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | centre /sɑ̃tʁ/ |
centres /sɑ̃tʁ/ |
centre /sɑ̃tʁ/ |
centrons /sɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
centrez /sɑ̃.tʁe/ |
centrent /sɑ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect | centrais /sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
centrais /sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
centrait /sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
centrions /sɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
centriez /sɑ̃.tʁi.je/ |
centraient /sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | centrai /sɑ̃.tʁe/ |
centras /sɑ̃.tʁa/ |
centra /sɑ̃.tʁa/ |
centrâmes /sɑ̃.tʁam/ |
centrâtes /sɑ̃.tʁat/ |
centrèrent /sɑ̃.tʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | centrerai /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ |
centreras /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ |
centrera /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ |
centrerons /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
centrerez /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ |
centreront /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | centrerais /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
centrerais /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
centrerait /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
centrerions /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
centreriez /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁje/ |
centreraient /sɑ̃.tʁə.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 | centre /sɑ̃tʁ/ |
centres /sɑ̃tʁ/ |
centre /sɑ̃tʁ/ |
centrions /sɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
centriez /sɑ̃.tʁi.je/ |
centrent /sɑ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | centrasse /sɑ̃.tʁas/ |
centrasses /sɑ̃.tʁas/ |
centrât /sɑ̃.tʁa/ |
centrassions /sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
centrassiez /sɑ̃.tʁa.sje/ |
centrassent /sɑ̃.tʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | centre /sɑ̃tʁ/ |
— | centrons /sɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
centrez /sɑ̃.tʁe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- see centre
Further reading
- “centrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Noun
centrer
- indefinite plural of centrum