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perforer
perforer
French
Etymology
From Latin perforāre, present active infinitive of perforō (“I bore or pierce through; I perforate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁe/
 
Verb
perforer
Conjugation
  Conjugation of perforer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | perforer | avoir perforé | |||||
| gerund | en perforant | en ayant perforé | |||||
| present participle |  perforant /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁɑ̃/  | 
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| past participle |  perforé /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁe/  | 
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
|  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/  | 
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| past historic1 |  perforai /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁe/  | 
perforas /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁa/  | 
perfora /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁa/  | 
perforâmes /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁam/  | 
perforâtes /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁat/  | 
perforèrent /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁɛʁ/  | 
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| 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/  | 
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| 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/  | 
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|  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 anterior1 | 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
|  simple tenses  | 
present |  perfore /pɛʁ.fɔʁ/  | 
 perfores /pɛʁ.fɔʁ/  | 
 perfore /pɛʁ.fɔʁ/  | 
 perforions /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
 perforiez /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁje/  | 
 perforent /pɛʁ.fɔʁ/  | 
| imperfect1 | 
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/  | 
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|  compound tenses  | 
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — |  perfore /pɛʁ.fɔʁ/  | 
— |  perforons /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁɔ̃/  | 
 perforez /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁe/  | 
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||