perpétrer

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See also: perpetrer

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.pe.tʁe/
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Verb

perpétrer

  1. (transitive) to commit, perpetrate (a crime)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written 'é') and /ɛ/ (written 'è'), with the latter being used before mute 'e'. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written perpétrer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written perpètrer-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.

Conjugation of perpétrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple perpétrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple perpétrant
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle perpétré
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present perpètre
/pɛʁ.pɛtʁ/ 		perpètres
/pɛʁ.pɛtʁ/ 		perpètre
/pɛʁ.pɛtʁ/ 		perpétrons
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁɔ̃/ 		perpétrez
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁe/ 		perpètrent
/pɛʁ.pɛtʁ/
imperfect perpétrais
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁɛ/ 		perpétrais
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁɛ/ 		perpétrait
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁɛ/ 		perpétrions
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		perpétriez
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁi.je/ 		perpétraient
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁɛ/
past historic2 perpétrai
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁe/ 		perpétras
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁa/ 		perpétra
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁa/ 		perpétrâmes
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁam/ 		perpétrâtes
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁat/ 		perpétrèrent
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁɛʁ/
future perpètrerai or perpétrerai
/pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁə.ʁe/ or /pɛʁ.pe.tʁə.ʁe/ 		perpètreras or perpétreras
/pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁə.ʁa/ or /pɛʁ.pe.tʁə.ʁa/ 		perpètrera or perpétrera
/pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁə.ʁa/ or /pɛʁ.pe.tʁə.ʁa/ 		perpètrerons or perpétrerons
/pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /pɛʁ.pe.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		perpètrerez or perpétrerez
/pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁə.ʁe/ or /pɛʁ.pe.tʁə.ʁe/ 		perpètreront or perpétreront
/pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /pɛʁ.pe.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional perpètrerais or perpétrerais
/pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /pɛʁ.pe.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		perpètrerais or perpétrerais
/pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /pɛʁ.pe.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		perpètrerait or perpétrerait
/pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /pɛʁ.pe.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		perpètrerions or perpétrerions
/pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pɛʁ.pe.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		perpètreriez or perpétreriez
/pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁə.ʁje/ or /pɛʁ.pe.tʁə.ʁje/ 		perpètreraient or perpétreraient
/pɛʁ.pɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /pɛʁ.pe.tʁə.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 perpètre
/pɛʁ.pɛtʁ/ 		perpètres
/pɛʁ.pɛtʁ/ 		perpètre
/pɛʁ.pɛtʁ/ 		perpétrions
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		perpétriez
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁi.je/ 		perpètrent
/pɛʁ.pɛtʁ/
imperfect2 perpétrasse
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁas/ 		perpétrasses
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁas/ 		perpétrât
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁa/ 		perpétrassions
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		perpétrassiez
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁa.sje/ 		perpétrassent
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — perpètre
/pɛʁ.pɛtʁ/ 		— perpétrons
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁɔ̃/ 		perpétrez
/pɛʁ.pe.tʁe/ 		—
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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