végéter

See also: vegeter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vegetāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ve.ʒe.te/
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Verb

végéter

(intransitive) to vegetate

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written 'é') and /ɛ/ (written 'è'), with the latter being used before mute 'e'. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written végéter-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written végèter-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.

Conjugation of végéter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	végéter
present participle or gerund¹	simple	végétant /ve.ʒe.tɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		végété /ve.ʒe.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	végète /ve.ʒɛt/	végètes /ve.ʒɛt/	végète /ve.ʒɛt/	végétons /ve.ʒe.tɔ̃/	végétez /ve.ʒe.te/	végètent /ve.ʒɛt/
	imperfect	végétais /ve.ʒe.tɛ/	végétais /ve.ʒe.tɛ/	végétait /ve.ʒe.tɛ/	végétions /ve.ʒe.tjɔ̃/	végétiez /ve.ʒe.tje/	végétaient /ve.ʒe.tɛ/
	past historic²	végétai /ve.ʒe.te/	végétas /ve.ʒe.ta/	végéta /ve.ʒe.ta/	végétâmes /ve.ʒe.tam/	végétâtes /ve.ʒe.tat/	végétèrent /ve.ʒe.tɛʁ/
	future	végèterai or végéterai /ve.ʒɛ.tʁe/ or /ve.ʒe.tʁe/	végèteras or végéteras /ve.ʒɛ.tʁa/ or /ve.ʒe.tʁa/	végètera or végétera /ve.ʒɛ.tʁa/ or /ve.ʒe.tʁa/	végèterons or végéterons /ve.ʒɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ve.ʒe.tʁɔ̃/	végèterez or végéterez /ve.ʒɛ.tʁe/ or /ve.ʒe.tʁe/	végèteront or végéteront /ve.ʒɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ve.ʒe.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	végèterais or végéterais /ve.ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ve.ʒe.tʁɛ/	végèterais or végéterais /ve.ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ve.ʒe.tʁɛ/	végèterait or végéterait /ve.ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ve.ʒe.tʁɛ/	végèterions or végéterions /ve.ʒɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ve.ʒe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	végèteriez or végéteriez /ve.ʒɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ve.ʒe.tə.ʁje/	végèteraient or végéteraient /ve.ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ve.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	végète /ve.ʒɛt/	végètes /ve.ʒɛt/	végète /ve.ʒɛt/	végétions /ve.ʒe.tjɔ̃/	végétiez /ve.ʒe.tje/	végètent /ve.ʒɛt/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	végétasse /ve.ʒe.tas/	végétasses /ve.ʒe.tas/	végétât /ve.ʒe.ta/	végétassions /ve.ʒe.ta.sjɔ̃/	végétassiez /ve.ʒe.ta.sje/	végétassent /ve.ʒe.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	végète /ve.ʒɛt/	—	végétons /ve.ʒe.tɔ̃/	végétez /ve.ʒe.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

végétal