persister

English

Etymology

persist +‎ -er

Noun

persister (plural persisters)

  1. Something that persists
  2. (biology) Any organism that survives a period of extreme conditions, such as winter or is tolerant of normal antibiotics

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persistere.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.sis.te/
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Verb

persister

  1. to persist

Conjugation
Conjugation of persister (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple persister
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple persistant
/pɛʁ.sis.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle persisté
/pɛʁ.sis.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present persiste
/pɛʁ.sist/		 persistes
/pɛʁ.sist/		 persiste
/pɛʁ.sist/		 persistons
/pɛʁ.sis.tɔ̃/		 persistez
/pɛʁ.sis.te/		 persistent
/pɛʁ.sist/
imperfect persistais
/pɛʁ.sis.tɛ/		 persistais
/pɛʁ.sis.tɛ/		 persistait
/pɛʁ.sis.tɛ/		 persistions
/pɛʁ.sis.tjɔ̃/		 persistiez
/pɛʁ.sis.tje/		 persistaient
/pɛʁ.sis.tɛ/
past historic2 persistai
/pɛʁ.sis.te/		 persistas
/pɛʁ.sis.ta/		 persista
/pɛʁ.sis.ta/		 persistâmes
/pɛʁ.sis.tam/		 persistâtes
/pɛʁ.sis.tat/		 persistèrent
/pɛʁ.sis.tɛʁ/
future persisterai
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁe/		 persisteras
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁa/		 persistera
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁa/		 persisterons
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 persisterez
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁe/		 persisteront
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional persisterais
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁɛ/		 persisterais
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁɛ/		 persisterait
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁɛ/		 persisterions
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 persisteriez
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.ʁje/		 persisteraient
/pɛʁ.sis.tə.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 persiste
/pɛʁ.sist/		 persistes
/pɛʁ.sist/		 persiste
/pɛʁ.sist/		 persistions
/pɛʁ.sis.tjɔ̃/		 persistiez
/pɛʁ.sis.tje/		 persistent
/pɛʁ.sist/
imperfect2 persistasse
/pɛʁ.sis.tas/		 persistasses
/pɛʁ.sis.tas/		 persistât
/pɛʁ.sis.ta/		 persistassions
/pɛʁ.sis.ta.sjɔ̃/		 persistassiez
/pɛʁ.sis.ta.sje/		 persistassent
/pɛʁ.sis.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — persiste
/pɛʁ.sist/		 — persistons
/pɛʁ.sis.tɔ̃/		 persistez
/pɛʁ.sis.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).

Descendants
  • → Romanian: persista

References
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