calfater

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kal.fa.te/
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Verb

calfater

  1. to caulk (to seal joints with caulk)

Conjugation

Conjugation of calfater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple calfater
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple calfatant
/kal.fa.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle calfaté
/kal.fa.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present calfate
/kal.fat/ 		calfates
/kal.fat/ 		calfate
/kal.fat/ 		calfatons
/kal.fa.tɔ̃/ 		calfatez
/kal.fa.te/ 		calfatent
/kal.fat/
imperfect calfatais
/kal.fa.tɛ/ 		calfatais
/kal.fa.tɛ/ 		calfatait
/kal.fa.tɛ/ 		calfations
/kal.fa.tjɔ̃/ 		calfatiez
/kal.fa.tje/ 		calfataient
/kal.fa.tɛ/
past historic2 calfatai
/kal.fa.te/ 		calfatas
/kal.fa.ta/ 		calfata
/kal.fa.ta/ 		calfatâmes
/kal.fa.tam/ 		calfatâtes
/kal.fa.tat/ 		calfatèrent
/kal.fa.tɛʁ/
future calfaterai
/kal.fa.tʁe/ 		calfateras
/kal.fa.tʁa/ 		calfatera
/kal.fa.tʁa/ 		calfaterons
/kal.fa.tʁɔ̃/ 		calfaterez
/kal.fa.tʁe/ 		calfateront
/kal.fa.tʁɔ̃/
conditional calfaterais
/kal.fa.tʁɛ/ 		calfaterais
/kal.fa.tʁɛ/ 		calfaterait
/kal.fa.tʁɛ/ 		calfaterions
/kal.fa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		calfateriez
/kal.fa.tə.ʁje/ 		calfateraient
/kal.fa.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 calfate
/kal.fat/ 		calfates
/kal.fat/ 		calfate
/kal.fat/ 		calfations
/kal.fa.tjɔ̃/ 		calfatiez
/kal.fa.tje/ 		calfatent
/kal.fat/
imperfect2 calfatasse
/kal.fa.tas/ 		calfatasses
/kal.fa.tas/ 		calfatât
/kal.fa.ta/ 		calfatassions
/kal.fa.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		calfatassiez
/kal.fa.ta.sje/ 		calfatassent
/kal.fa.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — calfate
/kal.fat/ 		— calfatons
/kal.fa.tɔ̃/ 		calfatez
/kal.fa.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).

Descendants

  • → Early Scots: calfat

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