billeter
English
Etymology
Noun
billeter (plural billeters)
- One who billets (lodges a soldier).
- 1858, Great Britain. Public Record Office, Calendar of State Papers: Domestic Series, page 561:
- […] soldiers complain of being billeted in the houses of such poor people as are not able to provide for them; and the billeters complain that the soldier is not content with the provision made for him, […]
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
billeter
Conjugation
With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.
Conjugation of billeter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | billeter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | billetant /bij.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | billeté /bij.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | billette or billète /bi.jɛt/ |
billettes or billètes /bi.jɛt/ |
billette or billète /bi.jɛt/ |
billetons /bij.tɔ̃/ |
billetez /bij.te/ |
billettent or billètent /bi.jɛt/ |
| imperfect | billetais /bij.tɛ/ |
billetais /bij.tɛ/ |
billetait /bij.tɛ/ |
billetions /bi.jə.tjɔ̃/ |
billetiez /bi.jə.tje/ |
billetaient /bij.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | billetai /bij.te/ |
billetas /bij.ta/ |
billeta /bij.ta/ |
billetâmes /bij.tam/ |
billetâtes /bij.tat/ |
billetèrent /bij.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | billetterai or billèterai /bi.jɛ.tʁe/ or /bi.je.tʁe/ |
billetteras or billèteras /bi.jɛ.tʁa/ or /bi.je.tʁa/ |
billettera or billètera /bi.jɛ.tʁa/ or /bi.je.tʁa/ |
billetterons or billèterons /bi.jɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bi.je.tʁɔ̃/ |
billetterez or billèterez /bi.jɛ.tʁe/ or /bi.je.tʁe/ |
billetteront or billèteront /bi.jɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bi.je.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | billetterais or billèterais /bi.jɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bi.je.tʁɛ/ |
billetterais or billèterais /bi.jɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bi.je.tʁɛ/ |
billetterait or billèterait /bi.jɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bi.je.tʁɛ/ |
billetterions or billèterions /bi.jɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bi.je.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
billetteriez or billèteriez /bi.jɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /bi.je.tə.ʁje/ |
billetteraient or billèteraient /bi.jɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bi.je.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 | billette or billète /bi.jɛt/ |
billettes or billètes /bi.jɛt/ |
billette or billète /bi.jɛt/ |
billetions /bi.jə.tjɔ̃/ |
billetiez /bi.jə.tje/ |
billettent or billètent /bi.jɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | billetasse /bij.tas/ |
billetasses /bij.tas/ |
billetât /bij.ta/ |
billetassions /bij.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
billetassiez /bij.ta.sje/ |
billetassent /bij.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | billette or billète /bi.jɛt/ |
— | billetons /bij.tɔ̃/ |
billetez /bij.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). | |||||||