participer

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French participer, borrowed from Latin participāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paʁ.ti.si.pe/
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Verb

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participer (intransitive)

  1. to participate [with à ‘in’]
    Il participe à la cérémonie.
    He is participating in the ceremony.
  2. to donate [with à ‘to’]
    Merci de participer aux frais d’entretien des sanitaires
    Thank you for donating to the maintenance of this sanitary facility.
  3. to share (emotions) [with à]
    Elle a dit qu’elle particpait à ma douleur.
    She said she shared my pain.
  4. (dated) to have some of the characteristics of; to partake of [with de]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Latin

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Verb

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participer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of participō

Middle French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin participāre, present active infinitive of participō.

Verb

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participer

  1. (with à) to participate

Conjugation

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  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

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  • French: participer