centrer

French

Etymology

From centre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.tʁe/

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Verb

centrer

1. to center (put into, move into to center)

Conjugation

Conjugation of centrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	centrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	centrant /sɑ̃.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		centré /sɑ̃.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	centre /sɑ̃tʁ/	centres /sɑ̃tʁ/	centre /sɑ̃tʁ/	centrons /sɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	centrez /sɑ̃.tʁe/	centrent /sɑ̃tʁ/
	imperfect	centrais /sɑ̃.tʁɛ/	centrais /sɑ̃.tʁɛ/	centrait /sɑ̃.tʁɛ/	centrions /sɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/	centriez /sɑ̃.tʁi.je/	centraient /sɑ̃.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	centrai /sɑ̃.tʁe/	centras /sɑ̃.tʁa/	centra /sɑ̃.tʁa/	centrâmes /sɑ̃.tʁam/	centrâtes /sɑ̃.tʁat/	centrèrent /sɑ̃.tʁɛʁ/
	future	centrerai /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/	centreras /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/	centrera /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/	centrerons /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	centrerez /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/	centreront /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	centrerais /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/	centrerais /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/	centrerait /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/	centrerions /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	centreriez /sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁje/	centreraient /sɑ̃.tʁə.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	centre /sɑ̃tʁ/	centres /sɑ̃tʁ/	centre /sɑ̃tʁ/	centrions /sɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/	centriez /sɑ̃.tʁi.je/	centrent /sɑ̃tʁ/
	imperfect2	centrasse /sɑ̃.tʁas/	centrasses /sɑ̃.tʁas/	centrât /sɑ̃.tʁa/	centrassions /sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	centrassiez /sɑ̃.tʁa.sje/	centrassent /sɑ̃.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	centre /sɑ̃tʁ/	—	centrons /sɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	centrez /sɑ̃.tʁe/	—
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).

Related terms

• see centre

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

centrer

1. indefinite plural of centrum