percevoir

French

Etymology

From Old French percevoir, perceveir, from Vulgar Latin *percipēre, variant form of Classical Latin percipĕre (“seize, observe”), present active infinitive of percipiō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.sə.vwaʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

percevoir

  1. to perceive, to make out
  2. to perceive (understand)
  3. to receive (e.g. taxes)

Conjugation
Conjugation of percevoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle percevant
/pɛʁ.sə.vɑ̃/
past participle perçu
/pɛʁ.sy/
infinitive
simple percevoir
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple percevant
/pɛʁ.sə.vɑ̃/
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 perçois
/pɛʁ.swa/		 perçois
/pɛʁ.swa/		 perçoit
/pɛʁ.swa/		 percevons
/pɛʁ.sə.vɔ̃/		 percevez
/pɛʁ.sə.ve/		 perçoivent
/pɛʁ.swav/
imperfect percevais
/pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/		 percevais
/pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/		 percevait
/pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/		 percevions
/pɛʁ.sə.vjɔ̃/		 perceviez
/pɛʁ.sə.vje/		 percevaient
/pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/
past historic2 perçus
/pɛʁ.sy/		 perçus
/pɛʁ.sy/		 perçut
/pɛʁ.sy/		 perçûmes
/pɛʁ.sym/		 perçûtes
/pɛʁ.syt/		 perçurent
/pɛʁ.syʁ/
future percevrai
/pɛʁ.sə.vʁe/		 percevras
/pɛʁ.sə.vʁa/		 percevra
/pɛʁ.sə.vʁa/		 percevrons
/pɛʁ.sə.vʁɔ̃/		 percevrez
/pɛʁ.sə.vʁe/		 percevront
/pɛʁ.sə.vʁɔ̃/
conditional percevrais
/pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/		 percevrais
/pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/		 percevrait
/pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/		 percevrions
/pɛʁ.sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/		 percevriez
/pɛʁ.sə.vʁi.je/		 percevraient
/pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/
(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 perçoive
/pɛʁ.swav/		 perçoives
/pɛʁ.swav/		 perçoive
/pɛʁ.swav/		 percevions
/pɛʁ.sə.vjɔ̃/		 perceviez
/pɛʁ.sə.vje/		 perçoivent
/pɛʁ.swav/
imperfect2 perçusse
/pɛʁ.sys/		 perçusses
/pɛʁ.sys/		 perçût
/pɛʁ.sy/		 perçussions
/pɛʁ.sy.sjɔ̃/		 perçussiez
/pɛʁ.sy.sje/		 perçussent
/pɛʁ.sys/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — perçois
/pɛʁ.swa/		 — percevons
/pɛʁ.sə.vɔ̃/		 percevez
/pɛʁ.sə.ve/		 —
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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *percipēre, variant form of Classical Latin percipiō, percipĕre (“seize, observe”)

Verb

percevoir

  1. to notice; to become aware (of)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem perçoiv distinct from the unstressed stem percev, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of percevoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive percevoir avoir perceü
gerund en percevant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle percevant
past participle perceü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present perçoif, perçoi perçois perçoit percevons percevez perçoivent
imperfect percevoie, perceveie percevoies, perceveies percevoit, perceveit perceviiens, perceviens perceviiez, perceviez percevoient, perceveient
preterite perçui perceüs perçut perceümes perceüstes perçurent
future percevrai percevras percevra percevrons percevroiz, percevreiz, percevrez percevront
conditional percevroie, percevreie percevroies, percevreies percevroit, percevreit percevriiens, percevriens percevriiez, percevriez percevroient, percevreient
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 preterite 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 jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present perçoive perçoives perçoive percevons percevez perçoivent
imperfect perceüsse perceüsses perceüst perceüssons, perceüssiens perceüssoiz, perceüssez, perceüssiez perceüssent
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 – nos vos –
— perçoif — percevons percevez —

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