palpiter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palpitāre, palpitō.

Pronunciation

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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, on	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 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).

Derived terms

• palpitement

Related terms

• palpitation

Further reading

• “palpiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.