participer

French

Etymology

From Middle French participer, borrowed from Latin participāre, present active infinitive of participō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paʁ.ti.si.pe/
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Verb

participer

  1. (intransitive) To participate (in = à).
    Il participe à la cérémonie.
    He is participating in the ceremony.
  2. (intransitive) To donate (to = à).
    Merci de participer aux frais d'entretien des sanitaires
    Thank you for donating to the maintenance of this sanitary facility.

Conjugation
Conjugation of participer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle participant
/paʁ.ti.si.pɑ̃/
past participle participé
/paʁ.ti.si.pe/
infinitive
simple participer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple participant
/paʁ.ti.si.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present participe
/paʁ.ti.sip/		 participes
/paʁ.ti.sip/		 participe
/paʁ.ti.sip/		 participons
/paʁ.ti.si.pɔ̃/		 participez
/paʁ.ti.si.pe/		 participent
/paʁ.ti.sip/
imperfect participais
/paʁ.ti.si.pɛ/		 participais
/paʁ.ti.si.pɛ/		 participait
/paʁ.ti.si.pɛ/		 participions
/paʁ.ti.si.pjɔ̃/		 participiez
/paʁ.ti.si.pje/		 participaient
/paʁ.ti.si.pɛ/
past historic2 participai
/paʁ.ti.si.pe/		 participas
/paʁ.ti.si.pa/		 participa
/paʁ.ti.si.pa/		 participâmes
/paʁ.ti.si.pam/		 participâtes
/paʁ.ti.si.pat/		 participèrent
/paʁ.ti.si.pɛʁ/
future participerai
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁe/		 participeras
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁa/		 participera
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁa/		 participerons
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁɔ̃/		 participerez
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁe/		 participeront
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁɔ̃/
conditional participerais
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁɛ/		 participerais
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁɛ/		 participerait
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁɛ/		 participerions
/paʁ.ti.si.pə.ʁjɔ̃/		 participeriez
/paʁ.ti.si.pə.ʁje/		 participeraient
/paʁ.ti.si.pʁɛ/
(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 participe
/paʁ.ti.sip/		 participes
/paʁ.ti.sip/		 participe
/paʁ.ti.sip/		 participions
/paʁ.ti.si.pjɔ̃/		 participiez
/paʁ.ti.si.pje/		 participent
/paʁ.ti.sip/
imperfect2 participasse
/paʁ.ti.si.pas/		 participasses
/paʁ.ti.si.pas/		 participât
/paʁ.ti.si.pa/		 participassions
/paʁ.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃/		 participassiez
/paʁ.ti.si.pa.sje/		 participassent
/paʁ.ti.si.pas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — participe
/paʁ.ti.sip/		 — participons
/paʁ.ti.si.pɔ̃/		 participez
/paʁ.ti.si.pe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

participer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of participō

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin participāre, present active infinitive of participō.

Verb

participer

  1. (with à) to participate

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of participer
simple compound
infinitive participer avoir participé
gerund en participant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle participant
past participle participé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present participe participes participe participons participez participent
imperfect participois, participoys participois, participoys participoit, participoyt participions, participyons participiez, participyez participoient, participoyent
past historic participa participas participa participasmes participastes participerent
future participerai, participeray participeras participera participerons participerez participeront
conditional participerois, participeroys participerois, participeroys participeroit, participeroyt participerions, participeryons participeriez, participeryez participeroient, participeroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present participe participes participe participons participez participent
imperfect participasse participasses participast participassions participassiez participassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— participe — participons participez —

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