gâter

French

Etymology

From Middle French, Old French gaster, from Latin vastāre, present active infinitive of vastō. The initial g is under the influence of Frankish *wuostjan, *wuastjan, itself from Latin vastō or from the same pre-Latin source. See also English waste.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɡɑte/

Verb

gâter

1. to spoil, ruin
2. (reflexive) to go bad, go off

Conjugation

   Conjugation of gâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		gâter			avoir gâté
gerund		en gâtant			en ayant gâté
present participle		gâtant
past participle		gâté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	gâte	gâtes	gâte	gâtons	gâtez	gâtent
	imperfect	gâtais	gâtais	gâtait	gâtions	gâtiez	gâtaient
	past historic1	gâtai	gâtas	gâta	gâtâmes	gâtâtes	gâtèrent
	future	gâterai	gâteras	gâtera	gâterons	gâterez	gâteront
	conditional	gâterais	gâterais	gâterait	gâterions	gâteriez	gâteraient
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	gâte	gâtes	gâte	gâtions	gâtiez	gâtent
	imperfect1	gâtasse	gâtasses	gâtât	gâtassions	gâtassiez	gâtassent
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	–
		—	gâte	—	gâtons	gâtez	—
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Anagrams

• gérât, targe