percer

== French == === Etymology === From Old French percier, from Vulgar Latin *pertusiāre, from Latin pertusus (“perforated”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-dʰh₁- (“to pierce, strike”). Compare Italian pertugiare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛʁ.se/ === Verb === percer (transitive) to pierce (intransitive, figuratively) to make it, to have one's breakthrough ==== Conjugation ==== This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “percer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012