persécuter
See also: persecuter
French
Etymology
Back-formation from persécuteur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ.se.ky.te/
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Verb
persécuter
- to persecute
- (by extension) to annoy, to irritate
Conjugation
Conjugation of persécuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | persécuter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | persécutant /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | persécuté /pɛʁ.se.ky.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | persécute /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ | persécutes /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ | persécute /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ | persécutons /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɔ̃/ | persécutez /pɛʁ.se.ky.te/ | persécutent /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ |
| imperfect | persécutais /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɛ/ | persécutais /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɛ/ | persécutait /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɛ/ | persécutions /pɛʁ.se.ky.tjɔ̃/ | persécutiez /pɛʁ.se.ky.tje/ | persécutaient /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | persécutai /pɛʁ.se.ky.te/ | persécutas /pɛʁ.se.ky.ta/ | persécuta /pɛʁ.se.ky.ta/ | persécutâmes /pɛʁ.se.ky.tam/ | persécutâtes /pɛʁ.se.ky.tat/ | persécutèrent /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | persécuterai /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁe/ | persécuteras /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁa/ | persécutera /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁa/ | persécuterons /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁɔ̃/ | persécuterez /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁe/ | persécuteront /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | persécuterais /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁɛ/ | persécuterais /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁɛ/ | persécuterait /pɛʁ.se.ky.tʁɛ/ | persécuterions /pɛʁ.se.ky.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | persécuteriez /pɛʁ.se.ky.tə.ʁje/ | persécuteraient /pɛʁ.se.ky.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 | persécute /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ | persécutes /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ | persécute /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ | persécutions /pɛʁ.se.ky.tjɔ̃/ | persécutiez /pɛʁ.se.ky.tje/ | persécutent /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ |
| imperfect2 | persécutasse /pɛʁ.se.ky.tas/ | persécutasses /pɛʁ.se.ky.tas/ | persécutât /pɛʁ.se.ky.ta/ | persécutassions /pɛʁ.se.ky.ta.sjɔ̃/ | persécutassiez /pɛʁ.se.ky.ta.sje/ | persécutassent /pɛʁ.se.ky.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | persécute /pɛʁ.se.kyt/ | — | persécutons /pɛʁ.se.ky.tɔ̃/ | persécutez /pɛʁ.se.ky.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- persécution
Related terms
- poursuivre
Descendants
- English: persecute
Further reading
- “persécuter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- récepteurs, reperçûtes, répercutes, répercutés