perpétuer

See also: perpetuer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perpetuāre, perpetuō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.pe.tɥe/
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Verb

perpétuer

  1. (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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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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