serpenter

French

Etymology

From serpent +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te/
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Verb

serpenter

  1. to snake, wind (move in a winding path)

Conjugation
Conjugation of serpenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple serpenter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple serpentant
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle serpenté
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present serpente
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/		 serpentes
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/		 serpente
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/		 serpentons
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 serpentez
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te/		 serpentent
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/
imperfect serpentais
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/		 serpentais
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/		 serpentait
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/		 serpentions
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 serpentiez
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tje/		 serpentaient
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 serpentai
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te/		 serpentas
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta/		 serpenta
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta/		 serpentâmes
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tam/		 serpentâtes
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tat/		 serpentèrent
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future serpenterai
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁe/		 serpenteras
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁa/		 serpentera
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁa/		 serpenterons
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 serpenterez
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁe/		 serpenteront
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional serpenterais
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 serpenterais
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 serpenterait
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 serpenterions
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 serpenteriez
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tə.ʁje/		 serpenteraient
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.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 serpente
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/		 serpentes
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/		 serpente
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/		 serpentions
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 serpentiez
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tje/		 serpentent
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/
imperfect2 serpentasse
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tas/		 serpentasses
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tas/		 serpentât
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta/		 serpentassions
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 serpentassiez
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta.sje/		 serpentassent
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — serpente
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/		 — serpentons
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 serpentez
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.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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