fomenter

English

Etymology

From foment +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /foʊˈmɛn.tɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

fomenter (plural fomenters)

1. One who incites or promotes.

Related terms

• fomentress

Anagrams

• refoment

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin fomentāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.mɑ̃.te/

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Verb

fomenter

1. to foment

Conjugation

Conjugation of fomenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fomenter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fomentant /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fomenté /fɔ.mɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fomente /fɔ.mɑ̃t/	fomentes /fɔ.mɑ̃t/	fomente /fɔ.mɑ̃t/	fomentons /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/	fomentez /fɔ.mɑ̃.te/	fomentent /fɔ.mɑ̃t/
	imperfect	fomentais /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɛ/	fomentais /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɛ/	fomentait /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɛ/	fomentions /fɔ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	fomentiez /fɔ.mɑ̃.tje/	fomentaient /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	fomentai /fɔ.mɑ̃.te/	fomentas /fɔ.mɑ̃.ta/	fomenta /fɔ.mɑ̃.ta/	fomentâmes /fɔ.mɑ̃.tam/	fomentâtes /fɔ.mɑ̃.tat/	fomentèrent /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	fomenterai /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁe/	fomenteras /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁa/	fomentera /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁa/	fomenterons /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	fomenterez /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁe/	fomenteront /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fomenterais /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	fomenterais /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	fomenterait /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	fomenterions /fɔ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	fomenteriez /fɔ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	fomenteraient /fɔ.mɑ̃.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	fomente /fɔ.mɑ̃t/	fomentes /fɔ.mɑ̃t/	fomente /fɔ.mɑ̃t/	fomentions /fɔ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	fomentiez /fɔ.mɑ̃.tje/	fomentent /fɔ.mɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	fomentasse /fɔ.mɑ̃.tas/	fomentasses /fɔ.mɑ̃.tas/	fomentât /fɔ.mɑ̃.ta/	fomentassions /fɔ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	fomentassiez /fɔ.mɑ̃.ta.sje/	fomentassent /fɔ.mɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fomente /fɔ.mɑ̃t/	—	fomentons /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/	fomentez /fɔ.mɑ̃.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).

Further reading

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

Middle French

Verb

fomenter

1. to foment (incite trouble, rebellion, etc.)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of fomenter

infinitive	simple	fomenter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	fomentant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		fomenté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fomente	fomentes	fomente	fomentons	fomentez	fomentent
	imperfect	fomentois, fomentoys	fomentois, fomentoys	fomentoit, fomentoyt	fomentions, fomentyons	fomentiez, fomentyez	fomentoient, fomentoyent
	past historic	fomenta	fomentas	fomenta	fomentasmes	fomentastes	fomenterent
	future	fomenterai, fomenteray	fomenteras	fomentera	fomenterons	fomenterez	fomenteront
	conditional	fomenterois, fomenteroys	fomenterois, fomenteroys	fomenteroit, fomenteroyt	fomenterions, fomenteryons	fomenteriez, fomenteryez	fomenteroient, fomenteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	fomente	fomentes	fomente	fomentons	fomentez	fomentent
	imperfect	fomentasse	fomentasses	fomentast	fomentassions	fomentassiez	fomentassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fomente	—	fomentons	fomentez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).