péricliter

See also: pericliter

French

Etymology

From Latin perīclitārī (“to risk, endanger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.ʁi.kli.te/

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Verb

péricliter

1. (intransitive, dated) to be in danger, in peril
2. (intransitive) to go downhill, go to the dogs

Conjugation

Conjugation of péricliter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	péricliter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	périclitant /pe.ʁi.kli.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		périclité /pe.ʁi.kli.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	périclite /pe.ʁi.klit/	périclites /pe.ʁi.klit/	périclite /pe.ʁi.klit/	périclitons /pe.ʁi.kli.tɔ̃/	périclitez /pe.ʁi.kli.te/	périclitent /pe.ʁi.klit/
	imperfect	périclitais /pe.ʁi.kli.tɛ/	périclitais /pe.ʁi.kli.tɛ/	périclitait /pe.ʁi.kli.tɛ/	périclitions /pe.ʁi.kli.tjɔ̃/	périclitiez /pe.ʁi.kli.tje/	périclitaient /pe.ʁi.kli.tɛ/
	past historic2	périclitai /pe.ʁi.kli.te/	périclitas /pe.ʁi.kli.ta/	périclita /pe.ʁi.kli.ta/	périclitâmes /pe.ʁi.kli.tam/	périclitâtes /pe.ʁi.kli.tat/	périclitèrent /pe.ʁi.kli.tɛʁ/
	future	péricliterai /pe.ʁi.kli.tʁe/	péricliteras /pe.ʁi.kli.tʁa/	périclitera /pe.ʁi.kli.tʁa/	péricliterons /pe.ʁi.kli.tʁɔ̃/	péricliterez /pe.ʁi.kli.tʁe/	péricliteront /pe.ʁi.kli.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	péricliterais /pe.ʁi.kli.tʁɛ/	péricliterais /pe.ʁi.kli.tʁɛ/	péricliterait /pe.ʁi.kli.tʁɛ/	péricliterions /pe.ʁi.kli.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	péricliteriez /pe.ʁi.kli.tə.ʁje/	péricliteraient /pe.ʁi.kli.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	périclite /pe.ʁi.klit/	périclites /pe.ʁi.klit/	périclite /pe.ʁi.klit/	périclitions /pe.ʁi.kli.tjɔ̃/	périclitiez /pe.ʁi.kli.tje/	périclitent /pe.ʁi.klit/
	imperfect2	périclitasse /pe.ʁi.kli.tas/	périclitasses /pe.ʁi.kli.tas/	périclitât /pe.ʁi.kli.ta/	périclitassions /pe.ʁi.kli.ta.sjɔ̃/	périclitassiez /pe.ʁi.kli.ta.sje/	périclitassent /pe.ʁi.kli.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	périclite /pe.ʁi.klit/	—	périclitons /pe.ʁi.kli.tɔ̃/	périclitez /pe.ʁi.kli.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).

Further reading

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