serpenter

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French

Etymology

From serpent +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te/
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Verb

serpenter

  1. to snake, wind (move in a winding path)

Conjugation

Conjugation of serpenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple serpenter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple serpentant
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle serpenté
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present serpente
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/ 		serpentes
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/ 		serpente
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/ 		serpentons
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		serpentez
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te/ 		serpentent
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/
imperfect serpentais
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/ 		serpentais
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/ 		serpentait
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/ 		serpentions
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		serpentiez
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tje/ 		serpentaient
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 serpentai
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te/ 		serpentas
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta/ 		serpenta
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta/ 		serpentâmes
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tam/ 		serpentâtes
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tat/ 		serpentèrent
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future serpenterai
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁe/ 		serpenteras
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁa/ 		serpentera
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁa/ 		serpenterons
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		serpenterez
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁe/ 		serpenteront
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional serpenterais
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		serpenterais
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		serpenterait
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		serpenterions
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		serpenteriez
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		serpenteraient
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 serpente
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/ 		serpentes
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/ 		serpente
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/ 		serpentions
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		serpentiez
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tje/ 		serpentent
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/
imperfect2 serpentasse
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tas/ 		serpentasses
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tas/ 		serpentât
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta/ 		serpentassions
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		serpentassiez
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta.sje/ 		serpentassent
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — serpente
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/ 		— serpentons
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		serpentez
/sɛʁ.pɑ̃.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).

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