persifler
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Formed from the intensive Latin prefix per- and the verb siffler (“to boo, to show disapproval”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
persifler
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of persifler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | persifler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | persiflant /pɛʁ.si.flɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | persiflé /pɛʁ.si.fle/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | persifle /pɛʁ.sifl/ |
persifles /pɛʁ.sifl/ |
persifle /pɛʁ.sifl/ |
persiflons /pɛʁ.si.flɔ̃/ |
persiflez /pɛʁ.si.fle/ |
persiflent /pɛʁ.sifl/ |
| imperfect | persiflais /pɛʁ.si.flɛ/ |
persiflais /pɛʁ.si.flɛ/ |
persiflait /pɛʁ.si.flɛ/ |
persiflions /pɛʁ.si.fli.jɔ̃/ |
persifliez /pɛʁ.si.fli.je/ |
persiflaient /pɛʁ.si.flɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | persiflai /pɛʁ.si.fle/ |
persiflas /pɛʁ.si.fla/ |
persifla /pɛʁ.si.fla/ |
persiflâmes /pɛʁ.si.flam/ |
persiflâtes /pɛʁ.si.flat/ |
persiflèrent /pɛʁ.si.flɛʁ/ | |
| future | persiflerai /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁe/ |
persifleras /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁa/ |
persiflera /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁa/ |
persiflerons /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁɔ̃/ |
persiflerez /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁe/ |
persifleront /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | persiflerais /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁɛ/ |
persiflerais /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁɛ/ |
persiflerait /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁɛ/ |
persiflerions /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
persifleriez /pɛʁ.si.flə.ʁje/ |
persifleraient /pɛʁ.si.flə.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 | persifle /pɛʁ.sifl/ |
persifles /pɛʁ.sifl/ |
persifle /pɛʁ.sifl/ |
persiflions /pɛʁ.si.fli.jɔ̃/ |
persifliez /pɛʁ.si.fli.je/ |
persiflent /pɛʁ.sifl/ |
| imperfect2 | persiflasse /pɛʁ.si.flas/ |
persiflasses /pɛʁ.si.flas/ |
persiflât /pɛʁ.si.fla/ |
persiflassions /pɛʁ.si.fla.sjɔ̃/ |
persiflassiez /pɛʁ.si.fla.sje/ |
persiflassent /pɛʁ.si.flas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | persifle /pɛʁ.sifl/ |
— | persiflons /pɛʁ.si.flɔ̃/ |
persiflez /pɛʁ.si.fle/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: persifleren
- → German: persiflieren
Further reading edit
- “persifler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.