gîter

See also: giter

French

Alternative forms

  • giter (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From gîte +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒi.te/
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Verb

gîter

  1. (intransitive, nautical) to list, heel over
  2. (intransitive, archaic, literary) to (take) shelter, rest

Conjugation

Conjugation of gîter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gîter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gîtant
/ʒi.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gîté
/ʒi.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gîte
/ʒit/ 		gîtes
/ʒit/ 		gîte
/ʒit/ 		gîtons
/ʒi.tɔ̃/ 		gîtez
/ʒi.te/ 		gîtent
/ʒit/
imperfect gîtais
/ʒi.tɛ/ 		gîtais
/ʒi.tɛ/ 		gîtait
/ʒi.tɛ/ 		gîtions
/ʒi.tjɔ̃/ 		gîtiez
/ʒi.tje/ 		gîtaient
/ʒi.tɛ/
past historic2 gîtai
/ʒi.te/ 		gîtas
/ʒi.ta/ 		gîta
/ʒi.ta/ 		gîtâmes
/ʒi.tam/ 		gîtâtes
/ʒi.tat/ 		gîtèrent
/ʒi.tɛʁ/
future gîterai
/ʒi.tʁe/ 		gîteras
/ʒi.tʁa/ 		gîtera
/ʒi.tʁa/ 		gîterons
/ʒi.tʁɔ̃/ 		gîterez
/ʒi.tʁe/ 		gîteront
/ʒi.tʁɔ̃/
conditional gîterais
/ʒi.tʁɛ/ 		gîterais
/ʒi.tʁɛ/ 		gîterait
/ʒi.tʁɛ/ 		gîterions
/ʒi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		gîteriez
/ʒi.tə.ʁje/ 		gîteraient
/ʒi.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 gîte
/ʒit/ 		gîtes
/ʒit/ 		gîte
/ʒit/ 		gîtions
/ʒi.tjɔ̃/ 		gîtiez
/ʒi.tje/ 		gîtent
/ʒit/
imperfect2 gîtasse
/ʒi.tas/ 		gîtasses
/ʒi.tas/ 		gîtât
/ʒi.ta/ 		gîtassions
/ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		gîtassiez
/ʒi.ta.sje/ 		gîtassent
/ʒi.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gîte
/ʒit/ 		— gîtons
/ʒi.tɔ̃/ 		gîtez
/ʒi.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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