consulter

English

Etymology

consult +‎ -er

Noun

consulter (plural consulters)

1. One who consults, or asks counsel or information.

Related terms

• consultant, consultor

Further reading

• “consulter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• reconsult

French

Etymology

From Latin cōnsultāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.syl.te/

• Audio:

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Verb

consulter

1. to consult

   Demain matin, j'irai consulter mon médecin. Tomorrow morning I am going to consult my doctor.

2. to refer to

Conjugation

Conjugation of consulter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	consulter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	consultant /kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		consulté /kɔ̃.syl.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	consulte /kɔ̃.sylt/	consultes /kɔ̃.sylt/	consulte /kɔ̃.sylt/	consultons /kɔ̃.syl.tɔ̃/	consultez /kɔ̃.syl.te/	consultent /kɔ̃.sylt/
	imperfect	consultais /kɔ̃.syl.tɛ/	consultais /kɔ̃.syl.tɛ/	consultait /kɔ̃.syl.tɛ/	consultions /kɔ̃.syl.tjɔ̃/	consultiez /kɔ̃.syl.tje/	consultaient /kɔ̃.syl.tɛ/
	past historic2	consultai /kɔ̃.syl.te/	consultas /kɔ̃.syl.ta/	consulta /kɔ̃.syl.ta/	consultâmes /kɔ̃.syl.tam/	consultâtes /kɔ̃.syl.tat/	consultèrent /kɔ̃.syl.tɛʁ/
	future	consulterai /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁe/	consulteras /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁa/	consultera /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁa/	consulterons /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɔ̃/	consulterez /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁe/	consulteront /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	consulterais /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɛ/	consulterais /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɛ/	consulterait /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɛ/	consulterions /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	consulteriez /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁje/	consulteraient /kɔ̃.syl.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	consulte /kɔ̃.sylt/	consultes /kɔ̃.sylt/	consulte /kɔ̃.sylt/	consultions /kɔ̃.syl.tjɔ̃/	consultiez /kɔ̃.syl.tje/	consultent /kɔ̃.sylt/
	imperfect2	consultasse /kɔ̃.syl.tas/	consultasses /kɔ̃.syl.tas/	consultât /kɔ̃.syl.ta/	consultassions /kɔ̃.syl.ta.sjɔ̃/	consultassiez /kɔ̃.syl.ta.sje/	consultassent /kɔ̃.syl.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	consulte /kɔ̃.sylt/	—	consultons /kɔ̃.syl.tɔ̃/	consultez /kɔ̃.syl.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).

Related terms

• consultation

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

cōnsulter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnsultō