adopter

English

Etymology

adopt +‎ -er

Noun

adopter (plural adopters)

1. one who adopts

Anagrams

• readopt

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French

Etymology

From Latin adoptare

Pronunciation

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Verb

adopter

1. To adopt (claim legal ownership of a child)
2. To adopt (claim ownership of a child)
3. To adopt (claim a mannerism or style of someone else's)
4. To vote (in politics)

   Conjugation of adopter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		adopter			avoir adopté
gerund		en adoptant			en ayant adopté
present participle		adoptant
past participle		adopté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	adopte	adoptes	adopte	adoptons	adoptez	adoptent
	imperfect	adoptais	adoptais	adoptait	adoptions	adoptiez	adoptaient
	past historic1	adoptai	adoptas	adopta	adoptâmes	adoptâtes	adoptèrent
	future	adopterai	adopteras	adoptera	adopterons	adopterez	adopteront
	conditional	adopterais	adopterais	adopterait	adopterions	adopteriez	adopteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	adopte	adoptes	adopte	adoptions	adoptiez	adoptent
	imperfect1	adoptasse	adoptasses	adoptât	adoptassions	adoptassiez	adoptassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	adopte	—	adoptons	adoptez	—
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Related terms

• adoption

Anagrams

• déporta

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Latin

Verb

adopter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of adoptō