incanter

English

Noun

incanter (plural incanters)

  1. Alternative form of incantor

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incantāre. Doublet of enchanter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.te/

Verb

incanter

  1. (transitive, rare, literary) to enchant, to cast a spell over

Conjugation
Conjugation of incanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple incanter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple incantant
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle incanté
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present incante
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/		 incantes
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/		 incante
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/		 incantons
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 incantez
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.te/		 incantent
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/
imperfect incantais
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛ/		 incantais
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛ/		 incantait
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛ/		 incantions
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 incantiez
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tje/		 incantaient
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 incantai
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.te/		 incantas
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta/		 incanta
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta/		 incantâmes
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tam/		 incantâtes
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tat/		 incantèrent
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future incanterai
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁe/		 incanteras
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁa/		 incantera
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁa/		 incanterons
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 incanterez
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁe/		 incanteront
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional incanterais
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 incanterais
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 incanterait
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 incanterions
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 incanteriez
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tə.ʁje/		 incanteraient
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.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 incante
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/		 incantes
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/		 incante
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/		 incantions
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 incantiez
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tje/		 incantent
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/
imperfect2 incantasse
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tas/		 incantasses
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tas/		 incantât
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta/		 incantassions
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 incantassiez
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sje/		 incantassent
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — incante
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/		 — incantons
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 incantez
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.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

incanter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of incantō
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