épater
French
Etymology
From é- + patte (“patte”) + -er.
Pronunciation
Verb
épater
- (figuratively, transitive) to amaze, to stagger
Conjugation
Conjugation of épater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | épater | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | épatant /e.pa.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | épaté /e.pa.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | épate /e.pat/ |
épates /e.pat/ |
épate /e.pat/ |
épatons /e.pa.tɔ̃/ |
épatez /e.pa.te/ |
épatent /e.pat/ |
| imperfect | épatais /e.pa.tɛ/ |
épatais /e.pa.tɛ/ |
épatait /e.pa.tɛ/ |
épations /e.pa.tjɔ̃/ |
épatiez /e.pa.tje/ |
épataient /e.pa.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | épatai /e.pa.te/ |
épatas /e.pa.ta/ |
épata /e.pa.ta/ |
épatâmes /e.pa.tam/ |
épatâtes /e.pa.tat/ |
épatèrent /e.pa.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | épaterai /e.pa.tʁe/ |
épateras /e.pa.tʁa/ |
épatera /e.pa.tʁa/ |
épaterons /e.pa.tʁɔ̃/ |
épaterez /e.pa.tʁe/ |
épateront /e.pa.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | épaterais /e.pa.tʁɛ/ |
épaterais /e.pa.tʁɛ/ |
épaterait /e.pa.tʁɛ/ |
épaterions /e.pa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
épateriez /e.pa.tə.ʁje/ |
épateraient /e.pa.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | épate /e.pat/ |
épates /e.pat/ |
épate /e.pat/ |
épations /e.pa.tjɔ̃/ |
épatiez /e.pa.tje/ |
épatent /e.pat/ |
| imperfect2 | épatasse /e.pa.tas/ |
épatasses /e.pa.tas/ |
épatât /e.pa.ta/ |
épatassions /e.pa.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
épatassiez /e.pa.ta.sje/ |
épatassent /e.pa.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | épate /e.pat/ |
— | épatons /e.pa.tɔ̃/ |
épatez /e.pa.te/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “épater”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.