centrer
French
Etymology
From centre + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃.tʁe/
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Verb
centrer
- to center (put into, move into to center)
Conjugation
Conjugation of centrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | centrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | centrant /sɑ̃.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | centré /sɑ̃.tʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | centre /sɑ̃tʁ/ | centres /sɑ̃tʁ/ | centre /sɑ̃tʁ/ | centrons /sɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | centrez /sɑ̃.tʁe/ | centrent /sɑ̃tʁ/ |
imperfect | centrais /sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | centrais /sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | centrait /sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | centrions /sɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | centriez /sɑ̃.tʁi.je/ | centraient /sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | centrai /sɑ̃.tʁe/ | centras /sɑ̃.tʁa/ | centra /sɑ̃.tʁa/ | centrâmes /sɑ̃.tʁam/ | centrâtes /sɑ̃.tʁat/ | centrèrent /sɑ̃.tʁɛʁ/ | |
future | centrerai /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ | centreras /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ | centrera /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ | centrerons /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | centrerez /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ | centreront /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | centrerais /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | centrerais /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | centrerait /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | centrerions /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | centreriez /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁje/ | centreraient /sɑ̃.tʁə.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 | centre /sɑ̃tʁ/ | centres /sɑ̃tʁ/ | centre /sɑ̃tʁ/ | centrions /sɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | centriez /sɑ̃.tʁi.je/ | centrent /sɑ̃tʁ/ |
imperfect2 | centrasse /sɑ̃.tʁas/ | centrasses /sɑ̃.tʁas/ | centrât /sɑ̃.tʁa/ | centrassions /sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ | centrassiez /sɑ̃.tʁa.sje/ | centrassent /sɑ̃.tʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | centre /sɑ̃tʁ/ | — | centrons /sɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | centrez /sɑ̃.tʁe/ | — | |
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). |
Related terms
- see centre
Further reading
- “centrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Noun
centrer
- indefinite plural of centrum.