parsemer

== French == === Etymology === From par + semer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /paʁ.sə.me/ === Verb === parsemer (transitive) to sprinkle, scatter, strew (de with) (transitive) to be scattered or strewn over Je regardais les astres qui parsemaient le ciel. I was watching the stars which were scattered across the sky. ==== Conjugation ==== This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il parsème and the third-person singular future indicative il parsèmera. === Further reading === “parsemer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012