inerter

French

Etymology

From inerte +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /i.nɛʁ.te/
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Verb

inerter

  1. to replace a dangerous gas with a safe one
  2. to make inert or safe (especially radioactive waste)

Conjugation
Conjugation of inerter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple inerter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple inertant
/i.nɛʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle inerté
/i.nɛʁ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present inerte
/i.nɛʁt/		 inertes
/i.nɛʁt/		 inerte
/i.nɛʁt/		 inertons
/i.nɛʁ.tɔ̃/		 inertez
/i.nɛʁ.te/		 inertent
/i.nɛʁt/
imperfect inertais
/i.nɛʁ.tɛ/		 inertais
/i.nɛʁ.tɛ/		 inertait
/i.nɛʁ.tɛ/		 inertions
/i.nɛʁ.tjɔ̃/		 inertiez
/i.nɛʁ.tje/		 inertaient
/i.nɛʁ.tɛ/
past historic2 inertai
/i.nɛʁ.te/		 inertas
/i.nɛʁ.ta/		 inerta
/i.nɛʁ.ta/		 inertâmes
/i.nɛʁ.tam/		 inertâtes
/i.nɛʁ.tat/		 inertèrent
/i.nɛʁ.tɛʁ/
future inerterai
/i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁe/		 inerteras
/i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁa/		 inertera
/i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁa/		 inerterons
/i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 inerterez
/i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁe/		 inerteront
/i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional inerterais
/i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 inerterais
/i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 inerterait
/i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 inerterions
/i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 inerteriez
/i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁje/		 inerteraient
/i.nɛʁ.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 inerte
/i.nɛʁt/		 inertes
/i.nɛʁt/		 inerte
/i.nɛʁt/		 inertions
/i.nɛʁ.tjɔ̃/		 inertiez
/i.nɛʁ.tje/		 inertent
/i.nɛʁt/
imperfect2 inertasse
/i.nɛʁ.tas/		 inertasses
/i.nɛʁ.tas/		 inertât
/i.nɛʁ.ta/		 inertassions
/i.nɛʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 inertassiez
/i.nɛʁ.ta.sje/		 inertassent
/i.nɛʁ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — inerte
/i.nɛʁt/		 — inertons
/i.nɛʁ.tɔ̃/		 inertez
/i.nɛʁ.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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Adjective

inerter

  1. comparative degree of inert

Adjective

inerter

  1. inflection of inert:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

Latin

Pronunciation

Adverb

inerter (comparative inertius, superlative inertissimē)

  1. inactively, unskillfully

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