inspecter
English
Etymology
Noun
inspecter (plural inspecters)
- Archaic form of inspector.
Synonyms
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃s.pɛk.te/
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Verb
inspecter
- to inspect
Conjugation
Conjugation of inspecter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | inspecter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | inspectant /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | inspecté /ɛ̃s.pɛk.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | inspecte /ɛ̃s.pɛkt/ |
inspectes /ɛ̃s.pɛkt/ |
inspecte /ɛ̃s.pɛkt/ |
inspectons /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tɔ̃/ |
inspectez /ɛ̃s.pɛk.te/ |
inspectent /ɛ̃s.pɛkt/ |
| imperfect | inspectais /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tɛ/ |
inspectais /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tɛ/ |
inspectait /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tɛ/ |
inspections /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tjɔ̃/ |
inspectiez /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tje/ |
inspectaient /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | inspectai /ɛ̃s.pɛk.te/ |
inspectas /ɛ̃s.pɛk.ta/ |
inspecta /ɛ̃s.pɛk.ta/ |
inspectâmes /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tam/ |
inspectâtes /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tat/ |
inspectèrent /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | inspecterai /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tə.ʁe/ |
inspecteras /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tə.ʁa/ |
inspectera /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tə.ʁa/ |
inspecterons /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
inspecterez /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tə.ʁe/ |
inspecteront /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | inspecterais /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ |
inspecterais /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ |
inspecterait /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ |
inspecterions /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
inspecteriez /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tə.ʁje/ |
inspecteraient /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | inspecte /ɛ̃s.pɛkt/ |
inspectes /ɛ̃s.pɛkt/ |
inspecte /ɛ̃s.pɛkt/ |
inspections /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tjɔ̃/ |
inspectiez /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tje/ |
inspectent /ɛ̃s.pɛkt/ |
| imperfect2 | inspectasse /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tas/ |
inspectasses /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tas/ |
inspectât /ɛ̃s.pɛk.ta/ |
inspectassions /ɛ̃s.pɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
inspectassiez /ɛ̃s.pɛk.ta.sje/ |
inspectassent /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | inspecte /ɛ̃s.pɛkt/ |
— | inspectons /ɛ̃s.pɛk.tɔ̃/ |
inspectez /ɛ̃s.pɛk.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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “inspecter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
īnspecter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of īnspectō