jeter

See also: Jeter

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French jeter, from Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒə.te/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /ʃte/, /ʒe.te/
• Homophones: jetai, jeté, jetée, jetées, jetés, jetez

Verb

jeter

1. (transitive) to throw
2. (transitive) to throw away, to discard
   • 2015, Zaz, Si jamais j'oublie:

     Et s’il me prend l’envie d’ m’en aller, enferme-moi et jette la clé

     And if I feel like leaving, lock me up and throw away the key

3. (card games) to throw away, discard
4. (reflexive) to throw oneself (into, out of, etc.)

   L’Amazone se jette dans l’Océan Atlantique. ― The Amazon empties into the Atlantic Ocean.

5. (reflexive) to rush oneself [with sur ‘onto someone/something’]

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of jeter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	jeter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	jetant /ʒə.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		jeté /ʒə.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	jette /ʒɛt/	jettes /ʒɛt/	jette /ʒɛt/	jetons /ʒə.tɔ̃/	jetez /ʒə.te/	jettent /ʒɛt/
	imperfect	jetais /ʒə.tɛ/	jetais /ʒə.tɛ/	jetait /ʒə.tɛ/	jetions /ʒə.tjɔ̃/	jetiez /ʒə.tje/	jetaient /ʒə.tɛ/
	past historic2	jetai /ʒə.te/	jetas /ʒə.ta/	jeta /ʒə.ta/	jetâmes /ʒə.tam/	jetâtes /ʒə.tat/	jetèrent /ʒə.tɛʁ/
	future	jetterai /ʒɛ.tʁe/ or /ʒe.tʁe/	jetteras /ʒɛ.tʁa/ or /ʒe.tʁa/	jettera /ʒɛ.tʁa/ or /ʒe.tʁa/	jetterons /ʒɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʒe.tʁɔ̃/	jetterez /ʒɛ.tʁe/ or /ʒe.tʁe/	jetteront /ʒɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʒe.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	jetterais /ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʒe.tʁɛ/	jetterais /ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʒe.tʁɛ/	jetterait /ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʒe.tʁɛ/	jetterions /ʒɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʒe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	jetteriez /ʒɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ʒe.tə.ʁje/	jetteraient /ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʒe.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	jette /ʒɛt/	jettes /ʒɛt/	jette /ʒɛt/	jetions /ʒə.tjɔ̃/	jetiez /ʒə.tje/	jettent /ʒɛt/
	imperfect2	jetasse /ʒə.tas/	jetasses /ʒə.tas/	jetât /ʒə.ta/	jetassions /ʒə.ta.sjɔ̃/	jetassiez /ʒə.ta.sje/	jetassent /ʒə.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	jette /ʒɛt/	—	jetons /ʒə.tɔ̃/	jetez /ʒə.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).

Synonyms

• lancer

Derived terms

• en jeter
• interjeter
• jet
• jetable
• jeter aux orties
• jeter aux oubliettes
• jeter comme une merde
• jeter de l’huile sur le feu
• jeter des fleurs
• jeter des perles aux pourceaux
• jeter le bébé avec l’eau du bain
• jeter le gant
• jeter le manche après la cognée
• jeter les bases
• jeter l’ancre
• jeter l’argent par les fenêtres
• jeter l’éponge
• jeter sa gourme
• jeter son dévolu
• jeter un coup d’œil
• jeter un froid
• jeter un œil
• le sort en est jeté
• les dés sont jetés
• rejeter
• se jeter à l’eau
• se jeter dans la gueule du loup
• se jeter un verre derrière la cravate
• tèj

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rejet

Old French

Alternative forms

• geter

Etymology

From Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre.

Verb

jeter

1. to throw

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of jeter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		jeter			avoir jeté
gerund		en jetant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		jetant
past participle		jeté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	jet	jetes	jete	jetons	jetez	jetent
	imperfect	jetoie, jeteie, jetoe, jeteve	jetoies, jeteies, jetoes, jeteves	jetoit, jeteit, jetot, jeteve	jetiiens, jetiens	jetiiez, jetiez	jetoient, jeteient, jetoent, jetevent
	preterite	jetai	jetas	jeta	jetames	jetastes	jeterent
	future	jeterai	jeteras	jetera	jeterons	jeteroiz, jetereiz, jeterez	jeteront
	conditional	jeteroie, jetereie	jeteroies, jetereies	jeteroit, jetereit	jeteriiens, jeteriens	jeteriiez, jeteriez	jeteroient, jetereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	jet	jez	jet	jetons	jetez	jetent
	imperfect	jetasse	jetasses	jetast	jetissons, jetissiens	jetissoiz, jetissez, jetissiez	jetassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	jete	—	jetons	jetez	—

Descendants

• French: jeter
• Norman: j'ter (Jersey)
• →⇒ English: jet, jetsam, jut, jettison

Slovene

Noun

jeter

1. genitive plural of jetra