perpétuer
French, verb/pɛʁ.pe.tɥe/
perpétuer is a French verb meaning “to perpetuate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre perpétuel ; faire durer sans cesse, constamment”.
What does perpétuer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to perpetuate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre perpétuel ; faire durer sans cesse, constamment.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of perpétuer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- perpétuant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- perpétué participle past
- perpétue first-person indicative present
- perpétues indicative present second-person
- perpétuons first-person indicative plural
- perpétuez indicative plural present
- perpétuent indicative plural present
- perpétuais first-person imperfect indicative
- perpétuait imperfect indicative singular
- perpétuions first-person imperfect indicative
- perpétuiez imperfect indicative plural
- perpétuaient imperfect indicative plural
- perpétuai first-person historic indicative
- perpétuas historic indicative past
- perpétua historic indicative past
- perpétuâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perpétuer?
- /pɛʁ.pe.tɥe/
- \pɛʁ.pe.tɥe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perpétuer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perpétuer in French?
perpétuer appears 2.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).