palpiter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palpitāre, palpitō.

Verb

palpiter

  1. to palpitate
  2. (of a heart) to beat, flutter, to race, pulsate
    faire palpiter les cœurs - set hearts aflutter
  3. to jump around, jump about

Conjugation
Conjugation of palpiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple palpiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple palpitant
/pal.pi.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle palpité
/pal.pi.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present palpite
/pal.pit/		 palpites
/pal.pit/		 palpite
/pal.pit/		 palpitons
/pal.pi.tɔ̃/		 palpitez
/pal.pi.te/		 palpitent
/pal.pit/
imperfect palpitais
/pal.pi.tɛ/		 palpitais
/pal.pi.tɛ/		 palpitait
/pal.pi.tɛ/		 palpitions
/pal.pi.tjɔ̃/		 palpitiez
/pal.pi.tje/		 palpitaient
/pal.pi.tɛ/
past historic2 palpitai
/pal.pi.te/		 palpitas
/pal.pi.ta/		 palpita
/pal.pi.ta/		 palpitâmes
/pal.pi.tam/		 palpitâtes
/pal.pi.tat/		 palpitèrent
/pal.pi.tɛʁ/
future palpiterai
/pal.pi.tʁe/		 palpiteras
/pal.pi.tʁa/		 palpitera
/pal.pi.tʁa/		 palpiterons
/pal.pi.tʁɔ̃/		 palpiterez
/pal.pi.tʁe/		 palpiteront
/pal.pi.tʁɔ̃/
conditional palpiterais
/pal.pi.tʁɛ/		 palpiterais
/pal.pi.tʁɛ/		 palpiterait
/pal.pi.tʁɛ/		 palpiterions
/pal.pi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 palpiteriez
/pal.pi.tə.ʁje/		 palpiteraient
/pal.pi.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 palpite
/pal.pit/		 palpites
/pal.pit/		 palpite
/pal.pit/		 palpitions
/pal.pi.tjɔ̃/		 palpitiez
/pal.pi.tje/		 palpitent
/pal.pit/
imperfect2 palpitasse
/pal.pi.tas/		 palpitasses
/pal.pi.tas/		 palpitât
/pal.pi.ta/		 palpitassions
/pal.pi.ta.sjɔ̃/		 palpitassiez
/pal.pi.ta.sje/		 palpitassent
/pal.pi.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — palpite
/pal.pit/		 — palpitons
/pal.pi.tɔ̃/		 palpitez
/pal.pi.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Gerund is only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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