persister

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English

Etymology

From persist +‎ -er.

Noun

persister (plural persisters)

  1. Something that persists
  2. (biology) Any organism that survives a period of extreme conditions, such as winter or is tolerant of normal antibiotics

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persistere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.sis.te/
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Verb

persister

  1. to persist

Conjugation

Conjugation of persister (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple persister
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple persistant
/pɛʁ.sis.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle persisté
/pɛʁ.sis.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present persiste
/pɛʁ.sist/ 		persistes
/pɛʁ.sist/ 		persiste
/pɛʁ.sist/ 		persistons
/pɛʁ.sis.tɔ̃/ 		persistez
/pɛʁ.sis.te/ 		persistent
/pɛʁ.sist/
imperfect persistais
/pɛʁ.sis.tɛ/ 		persistais
/pɛʁ.sis.tɛ/ 		persistait
/pɛʁ.sis.tɛ/ 		persistions
/pɛʁ.sis.tjɔ̃/ 		persistiez
/pɛʁ.sis.tje/ 		persistaient
/pɛʁ.sis.tɛ/
past historic2 persistai
/pɛʁ.sis.te/ 		persistas
/pɛʁ.sis.ta/ 		persista
/pɛʁ.sis.ta/ 		persistâmes
/pɛʁ.sis.tam/ 		persistâtes
/pɛʁ.sis.tat/ 		persistèrent
/pɛʁ.sis.tɛʁ/
future persisterai
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁe/ 		persisteras
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁa/ 		persistera
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁa/ 		persisterons
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		persisterez
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁe/ 		persisteront
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional persisterais
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁɛ/ 		persisterais
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁɛ/ 		persisterait
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁɛ/ 		persisterions
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		persisteriez
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁje/ 		persisteraient
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.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 persiste
/pɛʁ.sist/ 		persistes
/pɛʁ.sist/ 		persiste
/pɛʁ.sist/ 		persistions
/pɛʁ.sis.tjɔ̃/ 		persistiez
/pɛʁ.sis.tje/ 		persistent
/pɛʁ.sist/
imperfect2 persistasse
/pɛʁ.sis.tas/ 		persistasses
/pɛʁ.sis.tas/ 		persistât
/pɛʁ.sis.ta/ 		persistassions
/pɛʁ.sis.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		persistassiez
/pɛʁ.sis.ta.sje/ 		persistassent
/pɛʁ.sis.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — persiste
/pɛʁ.sist/ 		— persistons
/pɛʁ.sis.tɔ̃/ 		persistez
/pɛʁ.sis.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants

  • → Romanian: persista

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