incanter
English
editNoun
editincanter (plural incanters)
- Alternative form of incantor
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin incantāre. Doublet of enchanter.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editincanter
- (transitive, rare, literary) to enchant, to cast a spell over
Conjugation
editConjugation of incanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | incanter | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “incanter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editVerb
editincanter
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