acquitter

English

Etymology

From acquit +‎ -er.

Noun

acquitter (plural acquitters)

  1. One who acquits or releases.

References

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French acquiter, from Medieval Latin acquitāre, adquietāre (“to pay a debt”), from ad- + quitare (“to set free”), from Late Latin quietāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ki.te/
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Verb

acquitter

  1. to pay
  2. to acknowledge (a signal), to notify the receipt of
  3. (law) to clear, to acquit
  4. (reflexive, s'acquitter) to pay
  5. (reflexive, s'acquitter, ~ de) to discharge, to complete (one's duty)
    La jeune femme fit de réels efforts pour s’acquitter sérieusement de la corvée.
    The young woman made real serious efforts to finish her chores.

Conjugation
Conjugation of acquitter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple acquitter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple acquittant
/a.ki.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle acquitté
/a.ki.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present acquitte
/a.kit/		 acquittes
/a.kit/		 acquitte
/a.kit/		 acquittons
/a.ki.tɔ̃/		 acquittez
/a.ki.te/		 acquittent
/a.kit/
imperfect acquittais
/a.ki.tɛ/		 acquittais
/a.ki.tɛ/		 acquittait
/a.ki.tɛ/		 acquittions
/a.ki.tjɔ̃/		 acquittiez
/a.ki.tje/		 acquittaient
/a.ki.tɛ/
past historic2 acquittai
/a.ki.te/		 acquittas
/a.ki.ta/		 acquitta
/a.ki.ta/		 acquittâmes
/a.ki.tam/		 acquittâtes
/a.ki.tat/		 acquittèrent
/a.ki.tɛʁ/
future acquitterai
/a.ki.tʁe/		 acquitteras
/a.ki.tʁa/		 acquittera
/a.ki.tʁa/		 acquitterons
/a.ki.tʁɔ̃/		 acquitterez
/a.ki.tʁe/		 acquitteront
/a.ki.tʁɔ̃/
conditional acquitterais
/a.ki.tʁɛ/		 acquitterais
/a.ki.tʁɛ/		 acquitterait
/a.ki.tʁɛ/		 acquitterions
/a.ki.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 acquitteriez
/a.ki.tə.ʁje/		 acquitteraient
/a.ki.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 acquitte
/a.kit/		 acquittes
/a.kit/		 acquitte
/a.kit/		 acquittions
/a.ki.tjɔ̃/		 acquittiez
/a.ki.tje/		 acquittent
/a.kit/
imperfect2 acquittasse
/a.ki.tas/		 acquittasses
/a.ki.tas/		 acquittât
/a.ki.ta/		 acquittassions
/a.ki.ta.sjɔ̃/		 acquittassiez
/a.ki.ta.sje/		 acquittassent
/a.ki.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — acquitte
/a.kit/		 — acquittons
/a.ki.tɔ̃/		 acquittez
/a.ki.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).

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