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Temperer
Tem′per-er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.
Definition 2024
tempérer
tempérer
See also: temperer
French
Verb
tempérer
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written tempérer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written tempèrer-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.
Conjugation of tempérer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tempérer | avoir tempéré | |||||
| gerund | en tempérant | en ayant tempéré | |||||
| present participle | tempérant /tɑ̃.pe.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tempéré /tɑ̃.pe.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 | tempère /tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
tempères /tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
tempère /tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
tempérons /tɑ̃.pe.ʁɔ̃/ |
tempérez /tɑ̃.pe.ʁe/ |
tempèrent /tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | tempérais /tɑ̃.pe.ʁɛ/ |
tempérais /tɑ̃.pe.ʁɛ/ |
tempérait /tɑ̃.pe.ʁɛ/ |
tempérions /tɑ̃.pe.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tempériez /tɑ̃.pe.ʁje/ |
tempéraient /tɑ̃.pe.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | tempérai /tɑ̃.pe.ʁe/ |
tempéras /tɑ̃.pe.ʁa/ |
tempéra /tɑ̃.pe.ʁa/ |
tempérâmes /tɑ̃.pe.ʁam/ |
tempérâtes /tɑ̃.pe.ʁat/ |
tempérèrent /tɑ̃.pe.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | tempèrerai or tempérerai /tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
tempèreras or tempéreras /tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
tempèrera or tempérera /tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
tempèrerons or tempérerons /tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
tempèrerez or tempérerez /tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
tempèreront or tempéreront /tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tempèrerais or tempérerais /tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
tempèrerais or tempérerais /tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
tempèrerait or tempérerait /tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
tempèrerions or tempérerions /tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tempèreriez or tempéreriez /tɑ̃.pɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
tempèreraient or tempéreraient /tɑ̃.pɛ.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 | tempère /tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
tempères /tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
tempère /tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
tempérions /tɑ̃.pe.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tempériez /tɑ̃.pe.ʁje/ |
tempèrent /tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
tempérasse /tɑ̃.pe.ʁas/ |
tempérasses /tɑ̃.pe.ʁas/ |
tempérât /tɑ̃.pe.ʁa/ |
tempérassions /tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
tempérassiez /tɑ̃.pe.ʁa.sje/ |
tempérassent /tɑ̃.pe.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 | – | |
| — | tempère /tɑ̃.pɛʁ/ |
— | tempérons /tɑ̃.pe.ʁɔ̃/ |
tempérez /tɑ̃.pe.ʁe/ |
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