argenter

French

Etymology

From argent +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/
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Verb

argenter

  1. to silverplate
    Antonym: désargenter

Conjugation

Conjugation of argenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple argenter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple argentant
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle argenté
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present argente
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ 		argentes
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ 		argente
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ 		argentons
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		argentez
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/ 		argentent
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃t/
imperfect argentais
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/ 		argentais
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/ 		argentait
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/ 		argentions
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		argentiez
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tje/ 		argentaient
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 argentai
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/ 		argentas
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta/ 		argenta
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta/ 		argentâmes
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tam/ 		argentâtes
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tat/ 		argentèrent
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future argenterai
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁe/ 		argenteras
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁa/ 		argentera
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁa/ 		argenterons
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		argenterez
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁe/ 		argenteront
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional argenterais
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		argenterais
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		argenterait
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		argenterions
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		argenteriez
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		argenteraient
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.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 argente
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ 		argentes
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ 		argente
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ 		argentions
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		argentiez
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tje/ 		argentent
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃t/
imperfect2 argentasse
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tas/ 		argentasses
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tas/ 		argentât
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta/ 		argentassions
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		argentassiez
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.ta.sje/ 		argentassent
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — argente
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃t/ 		— argentons
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		argentez
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.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:
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).

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