attenter

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Pronunciation
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Adjective

attenter

  1. comparative degree of attent

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin attentāre, attento.

Pronunciation

Verb

attenter

  1. (+ à) to assault

Conjugation
Conjugation of attenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple attenter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple attentant
/a.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle attenté
/a.tɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present attente
/a.tɑ̃t/		 attentes
/a.tɑ̃t/		 attente
/a.tɑ̃t/		 attentons
/a.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 attentez
/a.tɑ̃.te/		 attentent
/a.tɑ̃t/
imperfect attentais
/a.tɑ̃.tɛ/		 attentais
/a.tɑ̃.tɛ/		 attentait
/a.tɑ̃.tɛ/		 attentions
/a.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 attentiez
/a.tɑ̃.tje/		 attentaient
/a.tɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 attentai
/a.tɑ̃.te/		 attentas
/a.tɑ̃.ta/		 attenta
/a.tɑ̃.ta/		 attentâmes
/a.tɑ̃.tam/		 attentâtes
/a.tɑ̃.tat/		 attentèrent
/a.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future attenterai
/a.tɑ̃.tʁe/		 attenteras
/a.tɑ̃.tʁa/		 attentera
/a.tɑ̃.tʁa/		 attenterons
/a.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 attenterez
/a.tɑ̃.tʁe/		 attenteront
/a.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional attenterais
/a.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 attenterais
/a.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 attenterait
/a.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 attenterions
/a.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 attenteriez
/a.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/		 attenteraient
/a.tɑ̃.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 attente
/a.tɑ̃t/		 attentes
/a.tɑ̃t/		 attente
/a.tɑ̃t/		 attentions
/a.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 attentiez
/a.tɑ̃.tje/		 attentent
/a.tɑ̃t/
imperfect2 attentasse
/a.tɑ̃.tas/		 attentasses
/a.tɑ̃.tas/		 attentât
/a.tɑ̃.ta/		 attentassions
/a.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 attentassiez
/a.tɑ̃.ta.sje/		 attentassent
/a.tɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — attente
/a.tɑ̃t/		 — attentons
/a.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 attentez
/a.tɑ̃.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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

attenter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of attentō

References
  • attenter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • attenter in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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