pérorer
See also: perorer
French
Etymology
From Latin perōrāre (“to speak at length, harangue; to conclude a speech”), from per- + ōrō (“to speak as an orator”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe.ʁɔ.ʁe/
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Verb
pérorer
- (intransitive) to hold forth, perorate
- 2006, Virginie Despentes, “Coucher avec l'ennemi”, in King Kong Théorie [King Kong Theory], Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 73:
- J'aime beaucoup, depuis, entendre les hommes pérorer sur la stupidité des femmes qui adorent le pouvoir, l'argent ou la célébrité : comme si c'était plus con que d'adorer des bas résille…
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- oraison
- péroraison
- péroreur, péroreuse
Further reading
- “pérorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.