infecter

See also: infector and înfecter

English

Alternative forms

• infector

Etymology

infect +‎ -er

Noun

infecter (plural infecters)

1. Someone or something that infects.

References

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

Anagrams

• frenetic, reinfect

French

Etymology

From Latin īnfectus, perfect passive participle of inficiō (“dye, taint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.fɛk.te/

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Verb

infecter

1. to infect

Conjugation

Conjugation of infecter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	infecter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	infectant /ɛ̃.fɛk.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		infecté /ɛ̃.fɛk.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	infecte /ɛ̃.fɛkt/	infectes /ɛ̃.fɛkt/	infecte /ɛ̃.fɛkt/	infectons /ɛ̃.fɛk.tɔ̃/	infectez /ɛ̃.fɛk.te/	infectent /ɛ̃.fɛkt/
	imperfect	infectais /ɛ̃.fɛk.tɛ/	infectais /ɛ̃.fɛk.tɛ/	infectait /ɛ̃.fɛk.tɛ/	infections /ɛ̃.fɛk.tjɔ̃/	infectiez /ɛ̃.fɛk.tje/	infectaient /ɛ̃.fɛk.tɛ/
	past historic2	infectai /ɛ̃.fɛk.te/	infectas /ɛ̃.fɛk.ta/	infecta /ɛ̃.fɛk.ta/	infectâmes /ɛ̃.fɛk.tam/	infectâtes /ɛ̃.fɛk.tat/	infectèrent /ɛ̃.fɛk.tɛʁ/
	future	infecterai /ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁe/	infecteras /ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁa/	infectera /ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁa/	infecterons /ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/	infecterez /ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁe/	infecteront /ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	infecterais /ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	infecterais /ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	infecterait /ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	infecterions /ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	infecteriez /ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁje/	infecteraient /ɛ̃.fɛk.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	infecte /ɛ̃.fɛkt/	infectes /ɛ̃.fɛkt/	infecte /ɛ̃.fɛkt/	infections /ɛ̃.fɛk.tjɔ̃/	infectiez /ɛ̃.fɛk.tje/	infectent /ɛ̃.fɛkt/
	imperfect2	infectasse /ɛ̃.fɛk.tas/	infectasses /ɛ̃.fɛk.tas/	infectât /ɛ̃.fɛk.ta/	infectassions /ɛ̃.fɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/	infectassiez /ɛ̃.fɛk.ta.sje/	infectassent /ɛ̃.fɛk.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	infecte /ɛ̃.fɛkt/	—	infectons /ɛ̃.fɛk.tɔ̃/	infectez /ɛ̃.fɛk.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

• infection

Further reading

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