expérimenter

See also: experimenter

French

Etymology

From Old French experiment + -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.te/
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Verb

expérimenter

  1. (intransitive) to experiment
  2. (transitive) to experience

Conjugation
Conjugation of expérimenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple expérimenter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple expérimentant
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle expérimenté
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present expérimente
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃t/		 expérimentes
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃t/		 expérimente
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃t/		 expérimentons
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 expérimentez
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.te/		 expérimentent
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃t/
imperfect expérimentais
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tɛ/		 expérimentais
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tɛ/		 expérimentait
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tɛ/		 expérimentions
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 expérimentiez
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tje/		 expérimentaient
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 expérimentai
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.te/		 expérimentas
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.ta/		 expérimenta
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.ta/		 expérimentâmes
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tam/		 expérimentâtes
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tat/		 expérimentèrent
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future expérimenterai
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tʁe/		 expérimenteras
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tʁa/		 expérimentera
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tʁa/		 expérimenterons
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 expérimenterez
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tʁe/		 expérimenteront
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional expérimenterais
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 expérimenterais
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 expérimenterait
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 expérimenterions
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 expérimenteriez
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/		 expérimenteraient
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.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 expérimente
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃t/		 expérimentes
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃t/		 expérimente
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃t/		 expérimentions
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 expérimentiez
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tje/		 expérimentent
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃t/
imperfect2 expérimentasse
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tas/		 expérimentasses
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tas/		 expérimentât
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.ta/		 expérimentassions
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 expérimentassiez
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.ta.sje/		 expérimentassent
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — expérimente
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃t/		 — expérimentons
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 expérimentez
/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.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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