prospecter

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɔs.pɛk.te/
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Verb

prospecter

  1. (mineralogy) prospect (to search as for gold)

Conjugation

Conjugation of prospecter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple prospecter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple prospectant
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle prospecté
/pʁɔs.pɛk.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present prospecte
/pʁɔs.pɛkt/ 		prospectes
/pʁɔs.pɛkt/ 		prospecte
/pʁɔs.pɛkt/ 		prospectons
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tɔ̃/ 		prospectez
/pʁɔs.pɛk.te/ 		prospectent
/pʁɔs.pɛkt/
imperfect prospectais
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tɛ/ 		prospectais
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tɛ/ 		prospectait
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tɛ/ 		prospections
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tjɔ̃/ 		prospectiez
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tje/ 		prospectaient
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tɛ/
past historic2 prospectai
/pʁɔs.pɛk.te/ 		prospectas
/pʁɔs.pɛk.ta/ 		prospecta
/pʁɔs.pɛk.ta/ 		prospectâmes
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tam/ 		prospectâtes
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tat/ 		prospectèrent
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tɛʁ/
future prospecterai
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tə.ʁe/ 		prospecteras
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tə.ʁa/ 		prospectera
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tə.ʁa/ 		prospecterons
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		prospecterez
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tə.ʁe/ 		prospecteront
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional prospecterais
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ 		prospecterais
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ 		prospecterait
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ 		prospecterions
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		prospecteriez
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tə.ʁje/ 		prospecteraient
/pʁɔs.pɛk.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 prospecte
/pʁɔs.pɛkt/ 		prospectes
/pʁɔs.pɛkt/ 		prospecte
/pʁɔs.pɛkt/ 		prospections
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tjɔ̃/ 		prospectiez
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tje/ 		prospectent
/pʁɔs.pɛkt/
imperfect2 prospectasse
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tas/ 		prospectasses
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tas/ 		prospectât
/pʁɔs.pɛk.ta/ 		prospectassions
/pʁɔs.pɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		prospectassiez
/pʁɔs.pɛk.ta.sje/ 		prospectassent
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — prospecte
/pʁɔs.pɛkt/ 		— prospectons
/pʁɔs.pɛk.tɔ̃/ 		prospectez
/pʁɔs.pɛk.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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

prōspecter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of prōspectō
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