becter

French

Etymology

From bec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛk.te/

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Verb

becter

1. (informal) to eat

   Synonyms: bouffer, manger

Conjugation

Conjugation of becter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	becter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bectant /bɛk.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		becté /bɛk.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	becte /bɛkt/	bectes /bɛkt/	becte /bɛkt/	bectons /bɛk.tɔ̃/	bectez /bɛk.te/	bectent /bɛkt/
	imperfect	bectais /bɛk.tɛ/	bectais /bɛk.tɛ/	bectait /bɛk.tɛ/	bections /bɛk.tjɔ̃/	bectiez /bɛk.tje/	bectaient /bɛk.tɛ/
	past historic2	bectai /bɛk.te/	bectas /bɛk.ta/	becta /bɛk.ta/	bectâmes /bɛk.tam/	bectâtes /bɛk.tat/	bectèrent /bɛk.tɛʁ/
	future	becterai /bɛk.tə.ʁe/	becteras /bɛk.tə.ʁa/	bectera /bɛk.tə.ʁa/	becterons /bɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/	becterez /bɛk.tə.ʁe/	becteront /bɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	becterais /bɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	becterais /bɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	becterait /bɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	becterions /bɛk.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	becteriez /bɛk.tə.ʁje/	becteraient /bɛk.tə.ʁɛ/
(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	becte /bɛkt/	bectes /bɛkt/	becte /bɛkt/	bections /bɛk.tjɔ̃/	bectiez /bɛk.tje/	bectent /bɛkt/
	imperfect2	bectasse /bɛk.tas/	bectasses /bɛk.tas/	bectât /bɛk.ta/	bectassions /bɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/	bectassiez /bɛk.ta.sje/	bectassent /bɛk.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	becte /bɛkt/	—	bectons /bɛk.tɔ̃/	bectez /bɛk.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

• débecter

Related terms

• becqueter

Further reading

• “becter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.