éventer
See also: eventer
French
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exventāre, from Latin ventus (“wind”). By surface analysis, é- + vent + -er. Compare Occitan esventar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.vɑ̃.te/
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Verb
éventer
- (transitive, dated) to air, ventilate (expose to the air)
- (transitive, reflexive) to fan
- (transitive, nautical) to expose to the wind
- (transitive, figuratively) to expose, to reveal
- éventer un secret ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (reflexive, of foods) to go off, go stale, go flat
Conjugation
Conjugation of éventer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | éventer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | éventant /e.vɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | éventé /e.vɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | évente /e.vɑ̃t/ |
éventes /e.vɑ̃t/ |
évente /e.vɑ̃t/ |
éventons /e.vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
éventez /e.vɑ̃.te/ |
éventent /e.vɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | éventais /e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
éventais /e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
éventait /e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
éventions /e.vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
éventiez /e.vɑ̃.tje/ |
éventaient /e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | éventai /e.vɑ̃.te/ |
éventas /e.vɑ̃.ta/ |
éventa /e.vɑ̃.ta/ |
éventâmes /e.vɑ̃.tam/ |
éventâtes /e.vɑ̃.tat/ |
éventèrent /e.vɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | éventerai /e.vɑ̃.tʁe/ |
éventeras /e.vɑ̃.tʁa/ |
éventera /e.vɑ̃.tʁa/ |
éventerons /e.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
éventerez /e.vɑ̃.tʁe/ |
éventeront /e.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | éventerais /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
éventerais /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
éventerait /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
éventerions /e.vɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éventeriez /e.vɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
éventeraient /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | évente /e.vɑ̃t/ |
éventes /e.vɑ̃t/ |
évente /e.vɑ̃t/ |
éventions /e.vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
éventiez /e.vɑ̃.tje/ |
éventent /e.vɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | éventasse /e.vɑ̃.tas/ |
éventasses /e.vɑ̃.tas/ |
éventât /e.vɑ̃.ta/ |
éventassions /e.vɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
éventassiez /e.vɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
éventassent /e.vɑ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | évente /e.vɑ̃t/ |
— | éventons /e.vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
éventez /e.vɑ̃.te/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
References
- “éventer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.