susurrer

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin susurrāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sy.sy.ʁe/
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Verb

susurrer

  1. (usually intransitive) to whisper (talk quietly)

Conjugation

Conjugation of susurrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple susurrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple susurrant
/sy.sy.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle susurré
/sy.sy.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present susurre
/sy.syʁ/ 		susurres
/sy.syʁ/ 		susurre
/sy.syʁ/ 		susurrons
/sy.sy.ʁɔ̃/ 		susurrez
/sy.sy.ʁe/ 		susurrent
/sy.syʁ/
imperfect susurrais
/sy.sy.ʁɛ/ 		susurrais
/sy.sy.ʁɛ/ 		susurrait
/sy.sy.ʁɛ/ 		susurrions
/sy.sy.ʁjɔ̃/ 		susurriez
/sy.sy.ʁje/ 		susurraient
/sy.sy.ʁɛ/
past historic2 susurrai
/sy.sy.ʁe/ 		susurras
/sy.sy.ʁa/ 		susurra
/sy.sy.ʁa/ 		susurrâmes
/sy.sy.ʁam/ 		susurrâtes
/sy.sy.ʁat/ 		susurrèrent
/sy.sy.ʁɛʁ/
future susurrerai
/sy.sy.ʁə.ʁe/ 		susurreras
/sy.sy.ʁə.ʁa/ 		susurrera
/sy.sy.ʁə.ʁa/ 		susurrerons
/sy.sy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		susurrerez
/sy.sy.ʁə.ʁe/ 		susurreront
/sy.sy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional susurrerais
/sy.sy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		susurrerais
/sy.sy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		susurrerait
/sy.sy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		susurrerions
/sy.sy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		susurreriez
/sy.sy.ʁə.ʁje/ 		susurreraient
/sy.sy.ʁə.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 susurre
/sy.syʁ/ 		susurres
/sy.syʁ/ 		susurre
/sy.syʁ/ 		susurrions
/sy.sy.ʁjɔ̃/ 		susurriez
/sy.sy.ʁje/ 		susurrent
/sy.syʁ/
imperfect2 susurrasse
/sy.sy.ʁas/ 		susurrasses
/sy.sy.ʁas/ 		susurrât
/sy.sy.ʁa/ 		susurrassions
/sy.sy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		susurrassiez
/sy.sy.ʁa.sje/ 		susurrassent
/sy.sy.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — susurre
/sy.syʁ/ 		— susurrons
/sy.sy.ʁɔ̃/ 		susurrez
/sy.sy.ʁe/ 		—
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

susurrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of susurrō
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