pérorer

See also: perorer

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin perōrō (“I speak at length, harangue; I conclude a speech”), from per- + ōrō (“I speak as an orator”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.ʁɔ.ʁe/

Verb

pérorer

1. (intransitive) to hold forth, perorate

Conjugation

Conjugation of pérorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pérorer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pérorant /pe.ʁɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		péroré /pe.ʁɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pérore /pe.ʁɔʁ/	pérores /pe.ʁɔʁ/	pérore /pe.ʁɔʁ/	pérorons /pe.ʁɔ.ʁɔ̃/	pérorez /pe.ʁɔ.ʁe/	pérorent /pe.ʁɔʁ/
	imperfect	pérorais /pe.ʁɔ.ʁɛ/	pérorais /pe.ʁɔ.ʁɛ/	pérorait /pe.ʁɔ.ʁɛ/	pérorions /pe.ʁɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	péroriez /pe.ʁɔ.ʁje/	péroraient /pe.ʁɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	pérorai /pe.ʁɔ.ʁe/	péroras /pe.ʁɔ.ʁa/	pérora /pe.ʁɔ.ʁa/	pérorâmes /pe.ʁɔ.ʁam/	pérorâtes /pe.ʁɔ.ʁat/	pérorèrent /pe.ʁɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	pérorerai /pe.ʁɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	péroreras /pe.ʁɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	pérorera /pe.ʁɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	pérorerons /pe.ʁɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	pérorerez /pe.ʁɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	péroreront /pe.ʁɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pérorerais /pe.ʁɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	pérorerais /pe.ʁɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	pérorerait /pe.ʁɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	pérorerions /pe.ʁɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	péroreriez /pe.ʁɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	péroreraient /pe.ʁɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(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	pérore /pe.ʁɔʁ/	pérores /pe.ʁɔʁ/	pérore /pe.ʁɔʁ/	pérorions /pe.ʁɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	péroriez /pe.ʁɔ.ʁje/	pérorent /pe.ʁɔʁ/
	imperfect2	pérorasse /pe.ʁɔ.ʁas/	pérorasses /pe.ʁɔ.ʁas/	pérorât /pe.ʁɔ.ʁa/	pérorassions /pe.ʁɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	pérorassiez /pe.ʁɔ.ʁa.sje/	pérorassent /pe.ʁɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pérore /pe.ʁɔʁ/	—	pérorons /pe.ʁɔ.ʁɔ̃/	pérorez /pe.ʁɔ.ʁe/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “pérorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.