becter

French

Etymology

From bec.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛk.te/
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Verb

becter

  1. (informal) to eat
    Synonyms: bouffer, manger

Conjugation
Conjugation of becter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple becter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bectant
/bɛk.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle becté
/bɛk.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present becte
/bɛkt/		 bectes
/bɛkt/		 becte
/bɛkt/		 bectons
/bɛk.tɔ̃/		 bectez
/bɛk.te/		 bectent
/bɛkt/
imperfect bectais
/bɛk.tɛ/		 bectais
/bɛk.tɛ/		 bectait
/bɛk.tɛ/		 bections
/bɛk.tjɔ̃/		 bectiez
/bɛk.tje/		 bectaient
/bɛk.tɛ/
past historic2 bectai
/bɛk.te/		 bectas
/bɛk.ta/		 becta
/bɛk.ta/		 bectâmes
/bɛk.tam/		 bectâtes
/bɛk.tat/		 bectèrent
/bɛk.tɛʁ/
future becterai
/bɛk.tə.ʁe/		 becteras
/bɛk.tə.ʁa/		 bectera
/bɛk.tə.ʁa/		 becterons
/bɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 becterez
/bɛk.tə.ʁe/		 becteront
/bɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional becterais
/bɛk.tə.ʁɛ/		 becterais
/bɛk.tə.ʁɛ/		 becterait
/bɛk.tə.ʁɛ/		 becterions
/bɛk.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 becteriez
/bɛk.tə.ʁje/		 becteraient
/bɛk.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 becte
/bɛkt/		 bectes
/bɛkt/		 becte
/bɛkt/		 bections
/bɛk.tjɔ̃/		 bectiez
/bɛk.tje/		 bectent
/bɛkt/
imperfect2 bectasse
/bɛk.tas/		 bectasses
/bɛk.tas/		 bectât
/bɛk.ta/		 bectassions
/bɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/		 bectassiez
/bɛk.ta.sje/		 bectassent
/bɛk.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — becte
/bɛkt/		 — bectons
/bɛk.tɔ̃/		 bectez
/bɛk.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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