opter

English

Etymology

opt +‎ -er

Noun

opter (plural opters)

  1. One who opts, or makes a choice.
    • 2012, Jeff Sellars, Light Shining in a Dark Place, page 50:
      Hannibal Lecter is one of many in the gallery of cinema villains and unrepentant opters for evil who remind us that the only place where they will be at home is Hell or the void.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin optāre (“to choose”).

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

opter

  1. to opt

Conjugation
Conjugation of opter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple opter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple optant
/ɔp.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle opté
/ɔp.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present opte
/ɔpt/		 optes
/ɔpt/		 opte
/ɔpt/		 optons
/ɔp.tɔ̃/		 optez
/ɔp.te/		 optent
/ɔpt/
imperfect optais
/ɔp.tɛ/		 optais
/ɔp.tɛ/		 optait
/ɔp.tɛ/		 options
/ɔp.tjɔ̃/		 optiez
/ɔp.tje/		 optaient
/ɔp.tɛ/
past historic2 optai
/ɔp.te/		 optas
/ɔp.ta/		 opta
/ɔp.ta/		 optâmes
/ɔp.tam/		 optâtes
/ɔp.tat/		 optèrent
/ɔp.tɛʁ/
future opterai
/ɔp.tə.ʁe/		 opteras
/ɔp.tə.ʁa/		 optera
/ɔp.tə.ʁa/		 opterons
/ɔp.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 opterez
/ɔp.tə.ʁe/		 opteront
/ɔp.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional opterais
/ɔp.tə.ʁɛ/		 opterais
/ɔp.tə.ʁɛ/		 opterait
/ɔp.tə.ʁɛ/		 opterions
/ɔp.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 opteriez
/ɔp.tə.ʁje/		 opteraient
/ɔp.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 opte
/ɔpt/		 optes
/ɔpt/		 opte
/ɔpt/		 options
/ɔp.tjɔ̃/		 optiez
/ɔp.tje/		 optent
/ɔpt/
imperfect2 optasse
/ɔp.tas/		 optasses
/ɔp.tas/		 optât
/ɔp.ta/		 optassions
/ɔp.ta.sjɔ̃/		 optassiez
/ɔp.ta.sje/		 optassent
/ɔp.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — opte
/ɔpt/		 — optons
/ɔp.tɔ̃/		 optez
/ɔp.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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Latin

Verb

opter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of optō
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