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piétiner
piétiner
French
Verb
piétiner
- (intransitive) to stamp (make loud sounds by stepping)
- (intransitive) to shuffle (move forwards with short steps and with difficulty)
- (intransitive, figuratively) to make no headway, to go into a dead end
- (transitive) to trample (underfoot)
Conjugation
Conjugation of piétiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | piétiner | avoir piétiné | |||||
| gerund | en piétinant | en ayant piétiné | |||||
| present participle | piétinant /pje.ti.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | piétiné /pje.ti.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | piétine /pje.tin/ |
piétines /pje.tin/ |
piétine /pje.tin/ |
piétinons /pje.ti.nɔ̃/ |
piétinez /pje.ti.ne/ |
piétinent /pje.tin/ |
| imperfect | piétinais /pje.ti.nɛ/ |
piétinais /pje.ti.nɛ/ |
piétinait /pje.ti.nɛ/ |
piétinions /pje.ti.njɔ̃/ |
piétiniez /pje.ti.nje/ |
piétinaient /pje.ti.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | piétinai /pje.ti.ne/ |
piétinas /pje.ti.na/ |
piétina /pje.ti.na/ |
piétinâmes /pje.ti.nam/ |
piétinâtes /pje.ti.nat/ |
piétinèrent /pje.ti.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | piétinerai /pje.tin.ʁe/ |
piétineras /pje.tin.ʁa/ |
piétinera /pje.tin.ʁa/ |
piétinerons /pje.tin.ʁɔ̃/ |
piétinerez /pje.tin.ʁe/ |
piétineront /pje.tin.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | piétinerais /pje.tin.ʁɛ/ |
piétinerais /pje.tin.ʁɛ/ |
piétinerait /pje.tin.ʁɛ/ |
piétinerions /pje.ti.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
piétineriez /pje.ti.nə.ʁje/ |
piétineraient /pje.tin.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 | piétine /pje.tin/ |
piétines /pje.tin/ |
piétine /pje.tin/ |
piétinions /pje.ti.njɔ̃/ |
piétiniez /pje.ti.nje/ |
piétinent /pje.tin/ |
| imperfect1 |
piétinasse /pje.ti.nas/ |
piétinasses /pje.ti.nas/ |
piétinât /pje.ti.na/ |
piétinassions /pje.ti.na.sjɔ̃/ |
piétinassiez /pje.ti.na.sje/ |
piétinassent /pje.ti.nas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | piétine /pje.tin/ |
— | piétinons /pje.ti.nɔ̃/ |
piétinez /pje.ti.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- piétinement noun m