consulter

English

Etymology

consult +‎ -er

Noun

consulter (plural consulters)

  1. One who consults, or asks counsel or information.

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Latin cōnsultāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.syl.te/
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Verb

consulter

  1. to consult
    Demain matin, j'irai consulter mon médecin. Tomorrow morning I am going to consult my doctor.
  2. to refer to

Conjugation
Conjugation of consulter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple consulter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple consultant
/kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle consulté
/kɔ̃.syl.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present consulte
/kɔ̃.sylt/		 consultes
/kɔ̃.sylt/		 consulte
/kɔ̃.sylt/		 consultons
/kɔ̃.syl.tɔ̃/		 consultez
/kɔ̃.syl.te/		 consultent
/kɔ̃.sylt/
imperfect consultais
/kɔ̃.syl.tɛ/		 consultais
/kɔ̃.syl.tɛ/		 consultait
/kɔ̃.syl.tɛ/		 consultions
/kɔ̃.syl.tjɔ̃/		 consultiez
/kɔ̃.syl.tje/		 consultaient
/kɔ̃.syl.tɛ/
past historic2 consultai
/kɔ̃.syl.te/		 consultas
/kɔ̃.syl.ta/		 consulta
/kɔ̃.syl.ta/		 consultâmes
/kɔ̃.syl.tam/		 consultâtes
/kɔ̃.syl.tat/		 consultèrent
/kɔ̃.syl.tɛʁ/
future consulterai
/kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁe/		 consulteras
/kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁa/		 consultera
/kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁa/		 consulterons
/kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 consulterez
/kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁe/		 consulteront
/kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional consulterais
/kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɛ/		 consulterais
/kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɛ/		 consulterait
/kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɛ/		 consulterions
/kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 consulteriez
/kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁje/		 consulteraient
/kɔ̃.syl.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 consulte
/kɔ̃.sylt/		 consultes
/kɔ̃.sylt/		 consulte
/kɔ̃.sylt/		 consultions
/kɔ̃.syl.tjɔ̃/		 consultiez
/kɔ̃.syl.tje/		 consultent
/kɔ̃.sylt/
imperfect2 consultasse
/kɔ̃.syl.tas/		 consultasses
/kɔ̃.syl.tas/		 consultât
/kɔ̃.syl.ta/		 consultassions
/kɔ̃.syl.ta.sjɔ̃/		 consultassiez
/kɔ̃.syl.ta.sje/		 consultassent
/kɔ̃.syl.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — consulte
/kɔ̃.sylt/		 — consultons
/kɔ̃.syl.tɔ̃/		 consultez
/kɔ̃.syl.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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

cōnsulter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnsultō
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