transpirer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspirāre, from Latin trāns + spiro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe/
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Verb

transpirer

  1. to transpire
  2. to perspire, sweat

Conjugation

Conjugation of transpirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple transpirer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple transpirant
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle transpiré
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present transpire
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/ 		transpires
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/ 		transpire
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/ 		transpirons
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɔ̃/ 		transpirez
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe/ 		transpirent
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/
imperfect transpirais
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɛ/ 		transpirais
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɛ/ 		transpirait
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɛ/ 		transpirions
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		transpiriez
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁje/ 		transpiraient
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɛ/
past historic2 transpirai
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁe/ 		transpiras
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa/ 		transpira
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa/ 		transpirâmes
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁam/ 		transpirâtes
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁat/ 		transpirèrent
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɛʁ/
future transpirerai
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁe/ 		transpireras
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁa/ 		transpirera
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁa/ 		transpirerons
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		transpirerez
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁe/ 		transpireront
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional transpirerais
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		transpirerais
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		transpirerait
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		transpirerions
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		transpireriez
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁə.ʁje/ 		transpireraient
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.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 transpire
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/ 		transpires
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/ 		transpire
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/ 		transpirions
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		transpiriez
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁje/ 		transpirent
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/
imperfect2 transpirasse
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁas/ 		transpirasses
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁas/ 		transpirât
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa/ 		transpirassions
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		transpirassiez
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁa.sje/ 		transpirassent
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — transpire
/tʁɑ̃s.piʁ/ 		— transpirons
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.ʁɔ̃/ 		transpirez
/tʁɑ̃s.pi.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).

Synonyms

  • (emphatic, figurative) suer

Derived terms

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