hériter
See also: heriter
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French eriter, from alteration of an earlier *hereter, from Latin hērēditāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
hériter
- to inherit (to receive property or a title by legal succession etc.)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of hériter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | hériter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | héritant /e.ʁi.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | hérité /e.ʁi.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | hérite /e.ʁit/ |
hérites /e.ʁit/ |
hérite /e.ʁit/ |
héritons /e.ʁi.tɔ̃/ |
héritez /e.ʁi.te/ |
héritent /e.ʁit/ |
| imperfect | héritais /e.ʁi.tɛ/ |
héritais /e.ʁi.tɛ/ |
héritait /e.ʁi.tɛ/ |
héritions /e.ʁi.tjɔ̃/ |
héritiez /e.ʁi.tje/ |
héritaient /e.ʁi.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | héritai /e.ʁi.te/ |
héritas /e.ʁi.ta/ |
hérita /e.ʁi.ta/ |
héritâmes /e.ʁi.tam/ |
héritâtes /e.ʁi.tat/ |
héritèrent /e.ʁi.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | hériterai /e.ʁi.tʁe/ |
hériteras /e.ʁi.tʁa/ |
héritera /e.ʁi.tʁa/ |
hériterons /e.ʁi.tʁɔ̃/ |
hériterez /e.ʁi.tʁe/ |
hériteront /e.ʁi.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | hériterais /e.ʁi.tʁɛ/ |
hériterais /e.ʁi.tʁɛ/ |
hériterait /e.ʁi.tʁɛ/ |
hériterions /e.ʁi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
hériteriez /e.ʁi.tə.ʁje/ |
hériteraient /e.ʁi.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 | hérite /e.ʁit/ |
hérites /e.ʁit/ |
hérite /e.ʁit/ |
héritions /e.ʁi.tjɔ̃/ |
héritiez /e.ʁi.tje/ |
héritent /e.ʁit/ |
| imperfect2 | héritasse /e.ʁi.tas/ |
héritasses /e.ʁi.tas/ |
héritât /e.ʁi.ta/ |
héritassions /e.ʁi.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
héritassiez /e.ʁi.ta.sje/ |
héritassent /e.ʁi.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | hérite /e.ʁit/ |
— | héritons /e.ʁi.tɔ̃/ |
héritez /e.ʁi.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 edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “hériter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.