representer

See also: représenter

English

Etymology

represent +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

representer (plural representers)

1. One who or that which represents.

Synonyms

• representative (more common)

Middle French

Alternative forms

• repraesenter

Verb

representer

1. to represent
   • 1552, François Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre:

     Tel estoit le brevaige contenu dedans la couppe de Tantalus representé par figures entre les saiges Brachmanes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of representer

infinitive	simple	representer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	representant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		representé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	represente	representes	represente	representons	representez	representent
	imperfect	representois, representoys	representois, representoys	representoit, representoyt	representions, representyons	representiez, representyez	representoient, representoyent
	past historic	representa	representas	representa	representasmes	representastes	representerent
	future	representerai, representeray	representeras	representera	representerons	representerez	representeront
	conditional	representerois, representeroys	representerois, representeroys	representeroit, representeroyt	representerions, representeryons	representeriez, representeryez	representeroient, representeroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	represente	representes	represente	representons	representez	representent
	imperfect	representasse	representasses	representast	representassions	representassiez	representassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	represente	—	representons	representez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: représenter

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

representer

1. imperative of representere