percuter

French

Etymology

From Latin percutere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.ky.te/
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Verb

percuter

  1. (transitive) to hit; to crash into

Conjugation

Conjugation of percuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple percuter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple percutant
/pɛʁ.ky.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle percuté
/pɛʁ.ky.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present percute
/pɛʁ.kyt/ 		percutes
/pɛʁ.kyt/ 		percute
/pɛʁ.kyt/ 		percutons
/pɛʁ.ky.tɔ̃/ 		percutez
/pɛʁ.ky.te/ 		percutent
/pɛʁ.kyt/
imperfect percutais
/pɛʁ.ky.tɛ/ 		percutais
/pɛʁ.ky.tɛ/ 		percutait
/pɛʁ.ky.tɛ/ 		percutions
/pɛʁ.ky.tjɔ̃/ 		percutiez
/pɛʁ.ky.tje/ 		percutaient
/pɛʁ.ky.tɛ/
past historic2 percutai
/pɛʁ.ky.te/ 		percutas
/pɛʁ.ky.ta/ 		percuta
/pɛʁ.ky.ta/ 		percutâmes
/pɛʁ.ky.tam/ 		percutâtes
/pɛʁ.ky.tat/ 		percutèrent
/pɛʁ.ky.tɛʁ/
future percuterai
/pɛʁ.ky.tʁe/ 		percuteras
/pɛʁ.ky.tʁa/ 		percutera
/pɛʁ.ky.tʁa/ 		percuterons
/pɛʁ.ky.tʁɔ̃/ 		percuterez
/pɛʁ.ky.tʁe/ 		percuteront
/pɛʁ.ky.tʁɔ̃/
conditional percuterais
/pɛʁ.ky.tʁɛ/ 		percuterais
/pɛʁ.ky.tʁɛ/ 		percuterait
/pɛʁ.ky.tʁɛ/ 		percuterions
/pɛʁ.ky.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		percuteriez
/pɛʁ.ky.tə.ʁje/ 		percuteraient
/pɛʁ.ky.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 percute
/pɛʁ.kyt/ 		percutes
/pɛʁ.kyt/ 		percute
/pɛʁ.kyt/ 		percutions
/pɛʁ.ky.tjɔ̃/ 		percutiez
/pɛʁ.ky.tje/ 		percutent
/pɛʁ.kyt/
imperfect2 percutasse
/pɛʁ.ky.tas/ 		percutasses
/pɛʁ.ky.tas/ 		percutât
/pɛʁ.ky.ta/ 		percutassions
/pɛʁ.ky.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		percutassiez
/pɛʁ.ky.ta.sje/ 		percutassent
/pɛʁ.ky.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — percute
/pɛʁ.kyt/ 		— percutons
/pɛʁ.ky.tɔ̃/ 		percutez
/pɛʁ.ky.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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