Grammatical class

Verb

persister

to persist

Details

Syllables

per-sis-ter

Phonetics

pɛʁ.sis.te

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

30282

Freq. (movies)

36048

Freq. (news)

25346

Sentences

L'erreur est humaine, y persister est diabolique.

To err is human, to persist is diabolical.

A1

Bien qu'il soit humain de pécher, il est en revanche diabolique de persister dans le péché.

Although it may be human to sin, it is, however, devilish to continue to sin.

B1

Le temps chaud va persister donc fais attention aux intoxications alimentaires.

Hot weather will continue, so please watch out for food poisoning.

B2