gâter
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French gaster, from Old French gaster, guaster, which see for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.te/ ~ /ɡɑ.te/
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Verb
gâter
Conjugation
Conjugation of gâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gâter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gâtant /ɡa.tɑ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gâté /ɡa.te/ or /ɡɑ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | gâte /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ |
gâtes /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ |
gâte /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ |
gâtons /ɡa.tɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tɔ̃/ |
gâtez /ɡa.te/ or /ɡɑ.te/ |
gâtent /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ |
| imperfect | gâtais /ɡa.tɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tɛ/ |
gâtais /ɡa.tɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tɛ/ |
gâtait /ɡa.tɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tɛ/ |
gâtions /ɡa.tjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tjɔ̃/ |
gâtiez /ɡa.tje/ or /ɡɑ.tje/ |
gâtaient /ɡa.tɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gâtai /ɡa.te/ or /ɡɑ.te/ |
gâtas /ɡa.ta/ or /ɡɑ.ta/ |
gâta /ɡa.ta/ or /ɡɑ.ta/ |
gâtâmes /ɡa.tam/ or /ɡɑ.tam/ |
gâtâtes /ɡa.tat/ or /ɡɑ.tat/ |
gâtèrent /ɡa.tɛʁ/ or /ɡɑ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | gâterai /ɡa.tʁe/ or /ɡɑ.tʁe/ |
gâteras /ɡa.tʁa/ or /ɡɑ.tʁa/ |
gâtera /ɡa.tʁa/ or /ɡɑ.tʁa/ |
gâterons /ɡa.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tʁɔ̃/ |
gâterez /ɡa.tʁe/ or /ɡɑ.tʁe/ |
gâteront /ɡa.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gâterais /ɡa.tʁɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tʁɛ/ |
gâterais /ɡa.tʁɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tʁɛ/ |
gâterait /ɡa.tʁɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tʁɛ/ |
gâterions /ɡa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gâteriez /ɡa.tə.ʁje/ or /ɡɑ.tə.ʁje/ |
gâteraient /ɡa.tʁɛ/ or /ɡɑ.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 | gâte /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ |
gâtes /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ |
gâte /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ |
gâtions /ɡa.tjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tjɔ̃/ |
gâtiez /ɡa.tje/ or /ɡɑ.tje/ |
gâtent /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ |
| imperfect2 | gâtasse /ɡa.tas/ or /ɡɑ.tas/ |
gâtasses /ɡa.tas/ or /ɡɑ.tas/ |
gâtât /ɡa.ta/ or /ɡɑ.ta/ |
gâtassions /ɡa.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
gâtassiez /ɡa.ta.sje/ or /ɡɑ.ta.sje/ |
gâtassent /ɡa.tas/ or /ɡɑ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gâte /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ |
— | gâtons /ɡa.tɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tɔ̃/ |
gâtez /ɡa.te/ or /ɡɑ.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
Related terms
Further reading
- “gâter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.