hanter

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hanter, from Proto-Celtic *santeros. Compare Cornish hanter, Welsh hanner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑ̃n.tɛʁ/

Noun

hanter m (plural hanterioù)

1. half

Adjective

hanter

1. half

French

Etymology

From Middle French hanter, from Old French hanter (“to frequent, abide in one place”), from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; provide a home for; house”) or/and Old Norse heimta (“to bring home”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to bring home, house”). More at haunt.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.te/

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Verb

hanter

1. to haunt
2. to frequent

Conjugation

Conjugation of hanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	hanter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	hantant /ɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		hanté /ɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	hante /ɑ̃t/	hantes /ɑ̃t/	hante /ɑ̃t/	hantons /ɑ̃.tɔ̃/	hantez /ɑ̃.te/	hantent /ɑ̃t/
	imperfect	hantais /ɑ̃.tɛ/	hantais /ɑ̃.tɛ/	hantait /ɑ̃.tɛ/	hantions /ɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	hantiez /ɑ̃.tje/	hantaient /ɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	hantai /ɑ̃.te/	hantas /ɑ̃.ta/	hanta /ɑ̃.ta/	hantâmes /ɑ̃.tam/	hantâtes /ɑ̃.tat/	hantèrent /ɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	hanterai /ɑ̃.tʁe/	hanteras /ɑ̃.tʁa/	hantera /ɑ̃.tʁa/	hanterons /ɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	hanterez /ɑ̃.tʁe/	hanteront /ɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	hanterais /ɑ̃.tʁɛ/	hanterais /ɑ̃.tʁɛ/	hanterait /ɑ̃.tʁɛ/	hanterions /ɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	hanteriez /ɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	hanteraient /ɑ̃.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	hante /ɑ̃t/	hantes /ɑ̃t/	hante /ɑ̃t/	hantions /ɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	hantiez /ɑ̃.tje/	hantent /ɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	hantasse /ɑ̃.tas/	hantasses /ɑ̃.tas/	hantât /ɑ̃.ta/	hantassions /ɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	hantassiez /ɑ̃.ta.sje/	hantassent /ɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	hante /ɑ̃t/	—	hantons /ɑ̃.tɔ̃/	hantez /ɑ̃.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• hantologie

Further reading

• “hanter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “hanter” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.

Norman

Etymology

From Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, house”) or/and from Old English hāmettan (“to house”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to bring home, house”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

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Verb

hanter

1. to frequent
2. (Jersey) to haunt
   • 2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN:

     Nou dit u'chu c'mîn est hanté... par la vioge

     We say that the road is haunted... by the evil spirit

Synonyms

• enfaûtomer

Related terms

• vîsionnée (“haunted”)