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terrer
terrer
French
Verb
terrer
- (transitive, agriculture) To spread with soil
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to crouch down, flatten oneself
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lie low, hide; to go to ground; to hole up
Conjugation
Conjugation of terrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | terrer | avoir terré | |||||
| gerund | en terrant | en ayant terré | |||||
| present participle | terrant /tɛ.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | terré /tɛ.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 | terre /tɛʁ/ |
terres /tɛʁ/ |
terre /tɛʁ/ |
terrons /tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
terrez /tɛ.ʁe/ |
terrent /tɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | terrais /tɛ.ʁɛ/ |
terrais /tɛ.ʁɛ/ |
terrait /tɛ.ʁɛ/ |
terrions /tɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
terriez /tɛ.ʁje/ |
terraient /tɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | terrai /tɛ.ʁe/ |
terras /tɛ.ʁa/ |
terra /tɛ.ʁa/ |
terrâmes /tɛ.ʁam/ |
terrâtes /tɛ.ʁat/ |
terrèrent /tɛ.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | terrerai /tɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
terreras /tɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
terrera /tɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
terrerons /tɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
terrerez /tɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
terreront /tɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | terrerais /tɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
terrerais /tɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
terrerait /tɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
terrerions /tɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
terreriez /tɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
terreraient /tɛ.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 | terre /tɛʁ/ |
terres /tɛʁ/ |
terre /tɛʁ/ |
terrions /tɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
terriez /tɛ.ʁje/ |
terrent /tɛʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
terrasse /tɛ.ʁas/ |
terrasses /tɛ.ʁas/ |
terrât /tɛ.ʁa/ |
terrassions /tɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
terrassiez /tɛ.ʁa.sje/ |
terrassent /tɛ.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 | – | |
| — | terre /tɛʁ/ |
— | terrons /tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
terrez /tɛ.ʁe/ |
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