perforer

Danish

Verb

perforer

1. imperative of perforere

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perforāre (“to bore or pierce through; to perforate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁe/

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Verb

perforer

1. (transitive) to perforate
2. (transitive) to punch (holes in)

Conjugation

Conjugation of perforer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	perforer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	perforant /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		perforé /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	perfore /pɛʁ.fɔʁ/	perfores /pɛʁ.fɔʁ/	perfore /pɛʁ.fɔʁ/	perforons /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁɔ̃/	perforez /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁe/	perforent /pɛʁ.fɔʁ/
	imperfect	perforais /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁɛ/	perforais /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁɛ/	perforait /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁɛ/	perforions /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	perforiez /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁje/	perforaient /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	perforai /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁe/	perforas /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁa/	perfora /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁa/	perforâmes /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁam/	perforâtes /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁat/	perforèrent /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	perforerai /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	perforeras /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	perforera /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	perforerons /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	perforerez /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	perforeront /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	perforerais /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	perforerais /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	perforerait /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	perforerions /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	perforeriez /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	perforeraient /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(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	perfore /pɛʁ.fɔʁ/	perfores /pɛʁ.fɔʁ/	perfore /pɛʁ.fɔʁ/	perforions /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	perforiez /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁje/	perforent /pɛʁ.fɔʁ/
	imperfect2	perforasse /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁas/	perforasses /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁas/	perforât /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁa/	perforassions /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	perforassiez /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁa.sje/	perforassent /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	perfore /pɛʁ.fɔʁ/	—	perforons /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁɔ̃/	perforez /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁe/	—
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).

Related terms

• perforation

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

perforer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of perforō