exciter
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
exciter (plural exciters)
- A person who excites.
- The electronic oscillator that generates the carrier signal for a transmitter.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
exciter
- to excite (to stir the emotions of)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of exciter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | exciter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | excitant /ɛk.si.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | excité /ɛk.si.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | excite /ɛk.sit/ |
excites /ɛk.sit/ |
excite /ɛk.sit/ |
excitons /ɛk.si.tɔ̃/ |
excitez /ɛk.si.te/ |
excitent /ɛk.sit/ |
| imperfect | excitais /ɛk.si.tɛ/ |
excitais /ɛk.si.tɛ/ |
excitait /ɛk.si.tɛ/ |
excitions /ɛk.si.tjɔ̃/ |
excitiez /ɛk.si.tje/ |
excitaient /ɛk.si.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | excitai /ɛk.si.te/ |
excitas /ɛk.si.ta/ |
excita /ɛk.si.ta/ |
excitâmes /ɛk.si.tam/ |
excitâtes /ɛk.si.tat/ |
excitèrent /ɛk.si.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | exciterai /ɛk.si.tʁe/ |
exciteras /ɛk.si.tʁa/ |
excitera /ɛk.si.tʁa/ |
exciterons /ɛk.si.tʁɔ̃/ |
exciterez /ɛk.si.tʁe/ |
exciteront /ɛk.si.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | exciterais /ɛk.si.tʁɛ/ |
exciterais /ɛk.si.tʁɛ/ |
exciterait /ɛk.si.tʁɛ/ |
exciterions /ɛk.si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
exciteriez /ɛk.si.tə.ʁje/ |
exciteraient /ɛk.si.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 | excite /ɛk.sit/ |
excites /ɛk.sit/ |
excite /ɛk.sit/ |
excitions /ɛk.si.tjɔ̃/ |
excitiez /ɛk.si.tje/ |
excitent /ɛk.sit/ |
| imperfect2 | excitasse /ɛk.si.tas/ |
excitasses /ɛk.si.tas/ |
excitât /ɛk.si.ta/ |
excitassions /ɛk.si.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
excitassiez /ɛk.si.ta.sje/ |
excitassent /ɛk.si.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | excite /ɛk.sit/ |
— | excitons /ɛk.si.tɔ̃/ |
excitez /ɛk.si.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). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “exciter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
exciter