péter

See also: Péter, peter, and Peter

French

Etymology

From pet +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

péter

  1. (vulgar) to blow off, fart
    Synonyms: lâcher une caisse, lâcher une perle, lâcher Médor, lâcher une ruine
  2. (slang) to break
  3. (slang) to explode

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 péter-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written pèter-, 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 péter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple péter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pétant
/pe.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pété
/pe.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pète
/pɛt/		 pètes
/pɛt/		 pète
/pɛt/		 pétons
/pe.tɔ̃/		 pétez
/pe.te/		 pètent
/pɛt/
imperfect pétais
/pe.tɛ/		 pétais
/pe.tɛ/		 pétait
/pe.tɛ/		 pétions
/pe.tjɔ̃/		 pétiez
/pe.tje/		 pétaient
/pe.tɛ/
past historic2 pétai
/pe.te/		 pétas
/pe.ta/		 péta
/pe.ta/		 pétâmes
/pe.tam/		 pétâtes
/pe.tat/		 pétèrent
/pe.tɛʁ/
future pèterai or péterai
/pɛ.tʁe/ or /pe.tʁe/		 pèteras or péteras
/pɛ.tʁa/ or /pe.tʁa/		 pètera or pétera
/pɛ.tʁa/ or /pe.tʁa/		 pèterons or péterons
/pɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /pe.tʁɔ̃/		 pèterez or péterez
/pɛ.tʁe/ or /pe.tʁe/		 pèteront or péteront
/pɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /pe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional pèterais or péterais
/pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pe.tʁɛ/		 pèterais or péterais
/pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pe.tʁɛ/		 pèterait or péterait
/pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pe.tʁɛ/		 pèterions or péterions
/pɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 pèteriez or péteriez
/pɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /pe.tə.ʁje/		 pèteraient or péteraient
/pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pe.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 pète
/pɛt/		 pètes
/pɛt/		 pète
/pɛt/		 pétions
/pe.tjɔ̃/		 pétiez
/pe.tje/		 pètent
/pɛt/
imperfect2 pétasse
/pe.tas/		 pétasses
/pe.tas/		 pétât
/pe.ta/		 pétassions
/pe.ta.sjɔ̃/		 pétassiez
/pe.ta.sje/		 pétassent
/pe.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pète
/pɛt/		 — pétons
/pe.tɔ̃/		 pétez
/pe.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).

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