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Parer
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Parer
PA'RER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
parer
parer
French
Etymology
From Latin parāre, present active infinitive of parō.
Pronunciation
Verb
parer
- to adorn; to bedeck
- Paré de fleurs.
- Adorned with flowers.
- Paré de fleurs.
- to fend off
- (fencing) to parry
- (reflexive, se parer) to get dressed up (in one's finest clothes)
Conjugation
Conjugation of parer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | parer | avoir paré | |||||
| gerund | en parant | en ayant paré | |||||
| present participle | parant /pa.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | paré /pa.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 | pare /paʁ/ |
pares /paʁ/ |
pare /paʁ/ |
parons /pa.ʁɔ̃/ |
parez /pa.ʁe/ |
parent /paʁ/ |
| imperfect | parais /pa.ʁɛ/ |
parais /pa.ʁɛ/ |
parait /pa.ʁɛ/ |
parions /pa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pariez /pa.ʁje/ |
paraient /pa.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | parai /pa.ʁe/ |
paras /pa.ʁa/ |
para /pa.ʁa/ |
parâmes /pa.ʁam/ |
parâtes /pa.ʁat/ |
parèrent /pa.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | parerai /pa.ʁə.ʁe/ |
pareras /pa.ʁə.ʁa/ |
parera /pa.ʁə.ʁa/ |
parerons /pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
parerez /pa.ʁə.ʁe/ |
pareront /pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | parerais /pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
parerais /pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
parerait /pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
parerions /pa.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pareriez /pa.ʁə.ʁje/ |
pareraient /pa.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 | pare /paʁ/ |
pares /paʁ/ |
pare /paʁ/ |
parions /pa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pariez /pa.ʁje/ |
parent /paʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
parasse /pa.ʁas/ |
parasses /pa.ʁas/ |
parât /pa.ʁa/ |
parassions /pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
parassiez /pa.ʁa.sje/ |
parassent /pa.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 | – | |
| — | pare /paʁ/ |
— | parons /pa.ʁɔ̃/ |
parez /pa.ʁe/ |
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Derived terms
Derived terms
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Anagrams
Interlingua
Verb
parer
Conjugation
Conjugation of “parer”
Derived terms
Venetian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin parēre, present active infinitive of pāreō (“I appear, I am visible, apparent”).
Verb
parer
- (transitive) to seem (look like)
Conjugation
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of parer (second conjugation)
| infinitive | parer | |||||
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| auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | paréndo | |||
| past participle | parato | |||||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| present | paro | (te) pari | (el/ła) pare | parémo | parì | (i/łe) pare |
| imperfect | paréa | (te) parivi | (el/ła) paréa | parévimo | parivi | (i/łe) paréa |
| future | pararò | (te) pararè | (el/ła) pararà | pararémo | pararè | (i/łe) pararà |
| conditional | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| present | pararìa | (te) pararisi | (el/ła) pararìa | pararìsimo | pararisi | (i/łe) pararìa |
| subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
| present | para | (te) pari | (el/ła) para | parémo | parì | (i/łe) para |
| imperfect | parése | (te) parisi | (el/ła) parése | parésimo | parisi | (i/łe) parése |
| imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| — | (te) pari | (el/ła) para | parémo | parì | (i/łe) para | |