participer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French participer, borrowed from Latin participāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paʁ.ti.si.pe/
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Verb

participer (intransitive)

  1. to participate
    Il participe à la cérémonie.
    He is participating in the ceremony.
  2. to donate
    Merci de participer aux frais d’entretien des sanitaires
    Thank you for donating to the maintenance of this sanitary facility.
  3. to share (emotions)
    Elle a dit qu’elle particpait à ma douleur.
    She said she shared my pain.
  4. (dated) to have some of the characteristics of; to partake of

Conjugation

Conjugation of participer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple participer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple participant
/paʁ.ti.si.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle participé
/paʁ.ti.si.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present participe
/paʁ.ti.sip/ 		participes
/paʁ.ti.sip/ 		participe
/paʁ.ti.sip/ 		participons
/paʁ.ti.si.pɔ̃/ 		participez
/paʁ.ti.si.pe/ 		participent
/paʁ.ti.sip/
imperfect participais
/paʁ.ti.si.pɛ/ 		participais
/paʁ.ti.si.pɛ/ 		participait
/paʁ.ti.si.pɛ/ 		participions
/paʁ.ti.si.pjɔ̃/ 		participiez
/paʁ.ti.si.pje/ 		participaient
/paʁ.ti.si.pɛ/
past historic2 participai
/paʁ.ti.si.pe/ 		participas
/paʁ.ti.si.pa/ 		participa
/paʁ.ti.si.pa/ 		participâmes
/paʁ.ti.si.pam/ 		participâtes
/paʁ.ti.si.pat/ 		participèrent
/paʁ.ti.si.pɛʁ/
future participerai
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁe/ 		participeras
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁa/ 		participera
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁa/ 		participerons
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁɔ̃/ 		participerez
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁe/ 		participeront
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁɔ̃/
conditional participerais
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁɛ/ 		participerais
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁɛ/ 		participerait
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁɛ/ 		participerions
/paʁ.ti.si.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		participeriez
/paʁ.ti.si.pə.ʁje/ 		participeraient
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁɛ/
(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 participe
/paʁ.ti.sip/ 		participes
/paʁ.ti.sip/ 		participe
/paʁ.ti.sip/ 		participions
/paʁ.ti.si.pjɔ̃/ 		participiez
/paʁ.ti.si.pje/ 		participent
/paʁ.ti.sip/
imperfect2 participasse
/paʁ.ti.si.pas/ 		participasses
/paʁ.ti.si.pas/ 		participât
/paʁ.ti.si.pa/ 		participassions
/paʁ.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃/ 		participassiez
/paʁ.ti.si.pa.sje/ 		participassent
/paʁ.ti.si.pas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — participe
/paʁ.ti.sip/ 		— participons
/paʁ.ti.si.pɔ̃/ 		participez
/paʁ.ti.si.pe/ 		—
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

participer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of participō

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin participāre, present active infinitive of participō.

Verb

participer

  1. (with à) to participate

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of participer
infinitive simple participer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple participant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle participé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present participe participes participe participons participez participent
imperfect participois, participoys participois, participoys participoit, participoyt participions, participyons participiez, participyez participoient, participoyent
past historic participa participas participa participasmes participastes participerent
future participerai, participeray participeras participera participerons participerez participeront
conditional participerois, participeroys participerois, participeroys participeroit, participeroyt participerions, participeryons participeriez, participeryez participeroient, participeroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present participe participes participe participons participez participent
imperfect participasse participasses participast participassions participassiez participassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — participe — participons participez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).

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