serpenter

serpenter

French

Etymology

    From serpent +‎ -er.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te/
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    Verb

    serpenter

    1. to snake, wind (move in a winding path)

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of serpenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
    infinitive simple serpenter
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle or gerund1 simple serpentant
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɑ̃/
    compound ayant + past participle
    past participle serpenté
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te/
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present serpente
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/     		serpentes
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/     		serpente
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/     		serpentons
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/     		serpentez
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te/     		serpentent
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/
    imperfect serpentais
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/     		serpentais
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/     		serpentait
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/     		serpentions
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/     		serpentiez
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tje/     		serpentaient
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛ/
    past historic2 serpentai
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.te/     		serpentas
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta/     		serpenta
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta/     		serpentâmes
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tam/     		serpentâtes
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tat/     		serpentèrent
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɛʁ/
    future serpenterai
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁe/     		serpenteras
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁa/     		serpentera
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁa/     		serpenterons
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/     		serpenterez
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁe/     		serpenteront
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
    conditional serpenterais
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/     		serpenterais
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/     		serpenterait
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tʁɛ/     		serpenterions
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/     		serpenteriez
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tə.ʁje/     		serpenteraient
    /sɛʁ.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 serpente
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/     		serpentes
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/     		serpente
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/     		serpentions
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tjɔ̃/     		serpentiez
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tje/     		serpentent
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/
    imperfect2 serpentasse
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tas/     		serpentasses
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tas/     		serpentât
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta/     		serpentassions
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/     		serpentassiez
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.ta.sje/     		serpentassent
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tas/
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — serpente
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃t/     		— serpentons
    /sɛʁ.pɑ̃.tɔ̃/     		serpentez
    /sɛʁ.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:
    past historic → present perfect
    past anterior → pluperfect
    imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
    pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

    (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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