infecter

See also: infector and înfecter

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

infect +‎ -er

Noun

infecter (plural infecters)

  1. Someone or something that infects.

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French

Etymology

From Latin īnfectus, perfect passive participle of inficiō (“dye, taint”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fɛk.te/
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Verb

infecter

  1. to infect

Conjugation
Conjugation of infecter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple infecter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple infectant
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle infecté
/ɛ̃.fɛk.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present infecte
/ɛ̃.fɛkt/		 infectes
/ɛ̃.fɛkt/		 infecte
/ɛ̃.fɛkt/		 infectons
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tɔ̃/		 infectez
/ɛ̃.fɛk.te/		 infectent
/ɛ̃.fɛkt/
imperfect infectais
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tɛ/		 infectais
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tɛ/		 infectait
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tɛ/		 infections
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tjɔ̃/		 infectiez
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tje/		 infectaient
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tɛ/
past historic2 infectai
/ɛ̃.fɛk.te/		 infectas
/ɛ̃.fɛk.ta/		 infecta
/ɛ̃.fɛk.ta/		 infectâmes
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tam/		 infectâtes
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tat/		 infectèrent
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tɛʁ/
future infecterai
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁe/		 infecteras
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁa/		 infectera
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁa/		 infecterons
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 infecterez
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁe/		 infecteront
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional infecterais
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/		 infecterais
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/		 infecterait
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁɛ/		 infecterions
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 infecteriez
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tə.ʁje/		 infecteraient
/ɛ̃.fɛk.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 infecte
/ɛ̃.fɛkt/		 infectes
/ɛ̃.fɛkt/		 infecte
/ɛ̃.fɛkt/		 infections
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tjɔ̃/		 infectiez
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tje/		 infectent
/ɛ̃.fɛkt/
imperfect2 infectasse
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tas/		 infectasses
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tas/		 infectât
/ɛ̃.fɛk.ta/		 infectassions
/ɛ̃.fɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/		 infectassiez
/ɛ̃.fɛk.ta.sje/		 infectassent
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — infecte
/ɛ̃.fɛkt/		 — infectons
/ɛ̃.fɛk.tɔ̃/		 infectez
/ɛ̃.fɛk.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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