palpiter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palpitāre, palpitō.

Pronunciation
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Verb

palpiter

  1. to palpitate
  2. (of a heart) to beat, flutter, to race, pulsate
    faire palpiter les cœurs ― set hearts aflutter
  3. to jump around, jump about

Conjugation
Conjugation of palpiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple palpiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple palpitant
/pal.pi.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle palpité
/pal.pi.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present palpite
/pal.pit/		 palpites
/pal.pit/		 palpite
/pal.pit/		 palpitons
/pal.pi.tɔ̃/		 palpitez
/pal.pi.te/		 palpitent
/pal.pit/
imperfect palpitais
/pal.pi.tɛ/		 palpitais
/pal.pi.tɛ/		 palpitait
/pal.pi.tɛ/		 palpitions
/pal.pi.tjɔ̃/		 palpitiez
/pal.pi.tje/		 palpitaient
/pal.pi.tɛ/
past historic2 palpitai
/pal.pi.te/		 palpitas
/pal.pi.ta/		 palpita
/pal.pi.ta/		 palpitâmes
/pal.pi.tam/		 palpitâtes
/pal.pi.tat/		 palpitèrent
/pal.pi.tɛʁ/
future palpiterai
/pal.pi.tʁe/		 palpiteras
/pal.pi.tʁa/		 palpitera
/pal.pi.tʁa/		 palpiterons
/pal.pi.tʁɔ̃/		 palpiterez
/pal.pi.tʁe/		 palpiteront
/pal.pi.tʁɔ̃/
conditional palpiterais
/pal.pi.tʁɛ/		 palpiterais
/pal.pi.tʁɛ/		 palpiterait
/pal.pi.tʁɛ/		 palpiterions
/pal.pi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 palpiteriez
/pal.pi.tə.ʁje/		 palpiteraient
/pal.pi.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 palpite
/pal.pit/		 palpites
/pal.pit/		 palpite
/pal.pit/		 palpitions
/pal.pi.tjɔ̃/		 palpitiez
/pal.pi.tje/		 palpitent
/pal.pit/
imperfect2 palpitasse
/pal.pi.tas/		 palpitasses
/pal.pi.tas/		 palpitât
/pal.pi.ta/		 palpitassions
/pal.pi.ta.sjɔ̃/		 palpitassiez
/pal.pi.ta.sje/		 palpitassent
/pal.pi.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — palpite
/pal.pit/		 — palpitons
/pal.pi.tɔ̃/		 palpitez
/pal.pi.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).

Derived terms
  • palpitement

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