transpercer
French edit
Etymology edit
From trans- + percer. Displaced French trespercier.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
transpercer
- (transitive) to pierce, to impale
Conjugation edit
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of transpercer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | transpercer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | transperçant /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | transpercé /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | transperce /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁs/ |
transperces /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁs/ |
transperce /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁs/ |
transperçons /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
transpercez /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.se/ |
transpercent /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | transperçais /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sɛ/ |
transperçais /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sɛ/ |
transperçait /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sɛ/ |
transpercions /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
transperciez /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sje/ |
transperçaient /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | transperçai /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.se/ |
transperças /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sa/ |
transperça /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sa/ |
transperçâmes /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sam/ |
transperçâtes /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sat/ |
transpercèrent /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | transpercerai /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
transperceras /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
transpercera /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
transpercerons /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
transpercerez /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
transperceront /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | transpercerais /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
transpercerais /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
transpercerait /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
transpercerions /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
transperceriez /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
transperceraient /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sə.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 | transperce /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁs/ |
transperces /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁs/ |
transperce /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁs/ |
transpercions /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
transperciez /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sje/ |
transpercent /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | transperçasse /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sas/ |
transperçasses /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sas/ |
transperçât /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sa/ |
transperçassions /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
transperçassiez /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
transperçassent /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | transperce /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁs/ |
— | transperçons /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
transpercez /tʁɑ̃s.pɛʁ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “transpercer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.