gîter

See also: giter

French

Alternative forms
  • giter (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From gîte +‎ -er.

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

gîter

  1. (intransitive, nautical) to list, heel over
  2. (intransitive, archaic, literary) to (take) shelter, rest

Conjugation
Conjugation of gîter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gîter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gîtant
/ʒi.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gîté
/ʒi.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present gîte
/ʒit/		 gîtes
/ʒit/		 gîte
/ʒit/		 gîtons
/ʒi.tɔ̃/		 gîtez
/ʒi.te/		 gîtent
/ʒit/
imperfect gîtais
/ʒi.tɛ/		 gîtais
/ʒi.tɛ/		 gîtait
/ʒi.tɛ/		 gîtions
/ʒi.tjɔ̃/		 gîtiez
/ʒi.tje/		 gîtaient
/ʒi.tɛ/
past historic2 gîtai
/ʒi.te/		 gîtas
/ʒi.ta/		 gîta
/ʒi.ta/		 gîtâmes
/ʒi.tam/		 gîtâtes
/ʒi.tat/		 gîtèrent
/ʒi.tɛʁ/
future gîterai
/ʒi.tʁe/		 gîteras
/ʒi.tʁa/		 gîtera
/ʒi.tʁa/		 gîterons
/ʒi.tʁɔ̃/		 gîterez
/ʒi.tʁe/		 gîteront
/ʒi.tʁɔ̃/
conditional gîterais
/ʒi.tʁɛ/		 gîterais
/ʒi.tʁɛ/		 gîterait
/ʒi.tʁɛ/		 gîterions
/ʒi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 gîteriez
/ʒi.tə.ʁje/		 gîteraient
/ʒi.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 gîte
/ʒit/		 gîtes
/ʒit/		 gîte
/ʒit/		 gîtions
/ʒi.tjɔ̃/		 gîtiez
/ʒi.tje/		 gîtent
/ʒit/
imperfect2 gîtasse
/ʒi.tas/		 gîtasses
/ʒi.tas/		 gîtât
/ʒi.ta/		 gîtassions
/ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/		 gîtassiez
/ʒi.ta.sje/		 gîtassent
/ʒi.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gîte
/ʒit/		 — gîtons
/ʒi.tɔ̃/		 gîtez
/ʒi.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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