charpenter
French
Etymology
Either a derivative of Old French charpent (compare modern charpente) or from a Vulgar Latin *carpentāre, from Latin carpentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.te/
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Verb
charpenter
- to tailor, to tailor make
Conjugation
Conjugation of charpenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | charpenter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | charpentant /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | charpenté /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | charpente /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t/ | charpentes /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t/ | charpente /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t/ | charpentons /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/ | charpentez /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.te/ | charpentent /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t/ |
imperfect | charpentais /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/ | charpentais /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/ | charpentait /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/ | charpentions /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ | charpentiez /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tje/ | charpentaient /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | charpentai /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.te/ | charpentas /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.ta/ | charpenta /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.ta/ | charpentâmes /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tam/ | charpentâtes /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tat/ | charpentèrent /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
future | charpenterai /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tʁe/ | charpenteras /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tʁa/ | charpentera /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tʁa/ | charpenterons /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | charpenterez /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tʁe/ | charpenteront /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | charpenterais /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | charpenterais /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | charpenterait /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | charpenterions /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | charpenteriez /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ | charpenteraient /ʃaʁ.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 | charpente /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t/ | charpentes /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t/ | charpente /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t/ | charpentions /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ | charpentiez /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tje/ | charpentent /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t/ |
imperfect2 | charpentasse /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tas/ | charpentasses /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tas/ | charpentât /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.ta/ | charpentassions /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ | charpentassiez /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.ta.sje/ | charpentassent /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | charpente /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t/ | — | charpentons /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/ | charpentez /ʃaʁ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
- charpente
- charpentier
Further reading
- “charpenter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.