transpirer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspirāre, from Latin trāns + spiro.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe/
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Verb

transpirer

  1. to transpire
  2. to perspire, sweat

Conjugation
Conjugation of transpirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple transpirer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple transpirant
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle transpiré
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present transpire
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/		 transpires
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/		 transpire
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/		 transpirons
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɔ̃/		 transpirez
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe/		 transpirent
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/
imperfect transpirais
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɛ/		 transpirais
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɛ/		 transpirait
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɛ/		 transpirions
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁjɔ̃/		 transpiriez
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁje/		 transpiraient
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɛ/
past historic2 transpirai
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe/		 transpiras
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa/		 transpira
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa/		 transpirâmes
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁam/		 transpirâtes
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁat/		 transpirèrent
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɛʁ/
future transpirerai
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁe/		 transpireras
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁa/		 transpirera
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁa/		 transpirerons
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 transpirerez
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁe/		 transpireront
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional transpirerais
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 transpirerais
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 transpirerait
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 transpirerions
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 transpireriez
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁje/		 transpireraient
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.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 transpire
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/		 transpires
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/		 transpire
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/		 transpirions
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁjɔ̃/		 transpiriez
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁje/		 transpirent
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/
imperfect2 transpirasse
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁas/		 transpirasses
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁas/		 transpirât
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa/		 transpirassions
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 transpirassiez
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa.sje/		 transpirassent
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — transpire
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/		 — transpirons
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɔ̃/		 transpirez
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe/		 —
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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