incanter

English

Noun

incanter (plural incanters)

1. Alternative form of incantor

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incantāre. Doublet of enchanter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.te/

Verb

incanter

1. (transitive, rare, literary) to enchant, to cast a spell over

Conjugation

Conjugation of incanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	incanter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	incantant /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		incanté /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	incante /ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/	incantes /ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/	incante /ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/	incantons /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɔ̃/	incantez /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.te/	incantent /ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/
	imperfect	incantais /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛ/	incantais /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛ/	incantait /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛ/	incantions /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	incantiez /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tje/	incantaient /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	incantai /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.te/	incantas /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta/	incanta /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta/	incantâmes /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tam/	incantâtes /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tat/	incantèrent /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	incanterai /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁe/	incanteras /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁa/	incantera /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁa/	incanterons /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	incanterez /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁe/	incanteront /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	incanterais /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɛ/	incanterais /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɛ/	incanterait /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɛ/	incanterions /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	incanteriez /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	incanteraient /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.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	incante /ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/	incantes /ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/	incante /ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/	incantions /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	incantiez /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tje/	incantent /ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	incantasse /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tas/	incantasses /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tas/	incantât /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta/	incantassions /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	incantassiez /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sje/	incantassent /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	incante /ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/	—	incantons /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɔ̃/	incantez /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.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

• incantation

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

incanter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of incantō