perpétuer
See also: perpetuer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin perpetuāre, perpetuō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ.pe.tɥe/
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Verb
perpétuer
- (transitive) to perpetuate
Conjugation
Conjugation of perpétuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | perpétuer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | perpétuant /pɛʁ.pe.tɥɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | perpétué /pɛʁ.pe.tɥe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | perpétue /pɛʁ.pe.ty/ |
perpétues /pɛʁ.pe.ty/ |
perpétue /pɛʁ.pe.ty/ |
perpétuons /pɛʁ.pe.tɥɔ̃/ |
perpétuez /pɛʁ.pe.tɥe/ |
perpétuent /pɛʁ.pe.ty/ |
| imperfect | perpétuais /pɛʁ.pe.tɥɛ/ |
perpétuais /pɛʁ.pe.tɥɛ/ |
perpétuait /pɛʁ.pe.tɥɛ/ |
perpétuions /pɛʁ.pe.ty.jɔ̃/ |
perpétuiez /pɛʁ.pe.ty.je/ |
perpétuaient /pɛʁ.pe.tɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | perpétuai /pɛʁ.pe.tɥe/ |
perpétuas /pɛʁ.pe.tɥa/ |
perpétua /pɛʁ.pe.tɥa/ |
perpétuâmes /pɛʁ.pe.tɥam/ |
perpétuâtes /pɛʁ.pe.tɥat/ |
perpétuèrent /pɛʁ.pe.tɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | perpétuerai /pɛʁ.pe.ty.ʁe/ |
perpétueras /pɛʁ.pe.ty.ʁa/ |
perpétuera /pɛʁ.pe.ty.ʁa/ |
perpétuerons /pɛʁ.pe.ty.ʁɔ̃/ |
perpétuerez /pɛʁ.pe.ty.ʁe/ |
perpétueront /pɛʁ.pe.ty.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | perpétuerais /pɛʁ.pe.ty.ʁɛ/ |
perpétuerais /pɛʁ.pe.ty.ʁɛ/ |
perpétuerait /pɛʁ.pe.ty.ʁɛ/ |
perpétuerions /pɛʁ.pe.ty.ʁjɔ̃/ |
perpétueriez /pɛʁ.pe.ty.ʁje/ |
perpétueraient /pɛʁ.pe.ty.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 | perpétue /pɛʁ.pe.ty/ |
perpétues /pɛʁ.pe.ty/ |
perpétue /pɛʁ.pe.ty/ |
perpétuions /pɛʁ.pe.ty.jɔ̃/ |
perpétuiez /pɛʁ.pe.ty.je/ |
perpétuent /pɛʁ.pe.ty/ |
| imperfect2 | perpétuasse /pɛʁ.pe.tɥas/ |
perpétuasses /pɛʁ.pe.tɥas/ |
perpétuât /pɛʁ.pe.tɥa/ |
perpétuassions /pɛʁ.pe.tɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
perpétuassiez /pɛʁ.pe.tɥa.sje/ |
perpétuassent /pɛʁ.pe.tɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | perpétue /pɛʁ.pe.ty/ |
— | perpétuons /pɛʁ.pe.tɥɔ̃/ |
perpétuez /pɛʁ.pe.tɥe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- perpétuateur
- perpétuation
Related terms
Further reading
- “perpétuer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.