surinterpréter

French

Etymology

sur- +‎ interpréter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.te/

Verb

surinterpréter

1. To overinterpret, to read too much into something

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 surinterpréter-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written surinterprèter-, 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 surinterpréter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	surinterpréter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	surinterprétant /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		surinterprété /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	surinterprète /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/	surinterprètes /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/	surinterprète /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/	surinterprétons /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɔ̃/	surinterprétez /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.te/	surinterprètent /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/
	imperfect	surinterprétais /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɛ/	surinterprétais /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɛ/	surinterprétait /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɛ/	surinterprétions /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tjɔ̃/	surinterprétiez /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tje/	surinterprétaient /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɛ/
	past historic2	surinterprétai /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.te/	surinterprétas /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta/	surinterpréta /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta/	surinterprétâmes /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tam/	surinterprétâtes /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tat/	surinterprétèrent /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɛʁ/
	future	surinterprèterai or surinterpréterai /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁe/ or /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tʁe/	surinterprèteras or surinterpréteras /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁa/ or /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tʁa/	surinterprètera or surinterprétera /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁa/ or /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tʁa/	surinterprèterons or surinterpréterons /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tʁɔ̃/	surinterprèterez or surinterpréterez /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁe/ or /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tʁe/	surinterprèteront or surinterpréteront /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	surinterprèterais or surinterpréterais /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tʁɛ/	surinterprèterais or surinterpréterais /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tʁɛ/	surinterprèterait or surinterpréterait /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tʁɛ/	surinterprèterions or surinterpréterions /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	surinterprèteriez or surinterpréteriez /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tə.ʁje/	surinterprèteraient or surinterpréteraient /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.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	surinterprète /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/	surinterprètes /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/	surinterprète /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/	surinterprétions /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tjɔ̃/	surinterprétiez /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tje/	surinterprètent /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/
	imperfect2	surinterprétasse /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tas/	surinterprétasses /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tas/	surinterprétât /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta/	surinterprétassions /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.sjɔ̃/	surinterprétassiez /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.sje/	surinterprétassent /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	surinterprète /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/	—	surinterprétons /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɔ̃/	surinterprétez /sy.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.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: 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).

Derived terms

• surinterprétation