inventer
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Noun
inventer (plural inventers)
- an inventor.
References
- “inventer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Back-formation from inventeur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te/
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Verb
inventer
- to invent (to make something for the first time)
- Coordinate term: découvrir
- to invent (to create a mistruth)
Conjugation
Conjugation of inventer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | inventer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | inventant /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | inventé /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
inventes /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
inventons /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
inventez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te/ |
inventent /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | inventais /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
inventais /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
inventait /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
inventions /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
inventiez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tje/ |
inventaient /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | inventai /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te/ |
inventas /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta/ |
inventa /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta/ |
inventâmes /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tam/ |
inventâtes /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tat/ |
inventèrent /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | inventerai /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁe/ |
inventeras /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁa/ |
inventera /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁa/ |
inventerons /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
inventerez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁe/ |
inventeront /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | inventerais /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
inventerais /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
inventerait /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
inventerions /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
inventeriez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
inventeraient /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.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 | invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
inventes /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
inventions /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
inventiez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tje/ |
inventent /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | inventasse /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tas/ |
inventasses /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tas/ |
inventât /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta/ |
inventassions /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
inventassiez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
inventassent /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
— | inventons /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
inventez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.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
- ne pas avoir inventé l'eau chaude
- ne pas avoir inventé la poudre
- ne pas avoir inventé le fil à couper le beurre
- réinventer
Related terms
Further reading
- “inventer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.