transparaître

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See also: transparaitre

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛtʁ/
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Verb

transparaître

  1. to show through (of light etc.)
  2. to become apparent, to show

Conjugation

This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs that are all conjugated the same way. They are unlike other verb groups in that the 'i' is given a circumflex before a 't'.

Conjugation of transparaître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple transparaître
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple transparaissant
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle transparu
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present transparais
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ/ 		transparais
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ/ 		transparaît
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ/ 		transparaissons
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ 		transparaissez
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.se/ 		transparaissent
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛs/
imperfect transparaissais
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ 		transparaissais
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ 		transparaissait
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ 		transparaissions
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		transparaissiez
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.sje/ 		transparaissaient
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.sɛ/
past historic2 transparus
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁy/ 		transparus
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁy/ 		transparut
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁy/ 		transparûmes
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁym/ 		transparûtes
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁyt/ 		transparurent
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁyʁ/
future transparaîtrai
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.tʁe/ 		transparaîtras
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.tʁa/ 		transparaîtra
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.tʁa/ 		transparaîtrons
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/ 		transparaîtrez
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.tʁe/ 		transparaîtront
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional transparaîtrais
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		transparaîtrais
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		transparaîtrait
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		transparaîtrions
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		transparaîtriez
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.je/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.tʁi.je/ 		transparaîtraient
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.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 transparaisse
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛs/ 		transparaisses
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛs/ 		transparaisse
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛs/ 		transparaissions
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		transparaissiez
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.sje/ 		transparaissent
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛs/
imperfect2 transparusse
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁys/ 		transparusses
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁys/ 		transparût
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁy/ 		transparussions
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁy.sjɔ̃/ 		transparussiez
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁy.sje/ 		transparussent
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — transparais
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ/ 		— transparaissons
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ 		transparaissez
/tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁe.se/ 		—
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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