percer

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French

Etymology

From Old French percier, from Vulgar Latin *pertusiāre, from Latin pertusus (“perforated”). Compare Italian pertugiare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.se/
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Verb

percer

  1. (transitive) to pierce
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to make it, to have one's breakthrough
    • 2017 December 22, François Forestier, “Ne ratez pas : "Tootsie"”, in L'Obs‎:
      Un comédien new-yorkais finit par percer en se travestissant en femme.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of percer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple percer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple perçant
/pɛʁ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle percé
/pɛʁ.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present perce
/pɛʁs/ 		perces
/pɛʁs/ 		perce
/pɛʁs/ 		perçons
/pɛʁ.sɔ̃/ 		percez
/pɛʁ.se/ 		percent
/pɛʁs/
imperfect perçais
/pɛʁ.sɛ/ 		perçais
/pɛʁ.sɛ/ 		perçait
/pɛʁ.sɛ/ 		percions
/pɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		perciez
/pɛʁ.sje/ 		perçaient
/pɛʁ.sɛ/
past historic2 perçai
/pɛʁ.se/ 		perças
/pɛʁ.sa/ 		perça
/pɛʁ.sa/ 		perçâmes
/pɛʁ.sam/ 		perçâtes
/pɛʁ.sat/ 		percèrent
/pɛʁ.sɛʁ/
future percerai
/pɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ 		perceras
/pɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ 		percera
/pɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ 		percerons
/pɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ 		percerez
/pɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ 		perceront
/pɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional percerais
/pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		percerais
/pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		percerait
/pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		percerions
/pɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		perceriez
/pɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ 		perceraient
/pɛʁ.sə.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 perce
/pɛʁs/ 		perces
/pɛʁs/ 		perce
/pɛʁs/ 		percions
/pɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		perciez
/pɛʁ.sje/ 		percent
/pɛʁs/
imperfect2 perçasse
/pɛʁ.sas/ 		perçasses
/pɛʁ.sas/ 		perçât
/pɛʁ.sa/ 		perçassions
/pɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		perçassiez
/pɛʁ.sa.sje/ 		perçassent
/pɛʁ.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — perce
/pɛʁs/ 		— perçons
/pɛʁ.sɔ̃/ 		percez
/pɛʁ.se/ 		—
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).

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