tâter
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French taster, from Vulgar Latin *tastāre, contraction of *taxitō, frequentative of Late Latin taxāre (“touch repeatedly”), from Latin taxus. Compare English taste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.te/, /tɑ.te/
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Verb
tâter
Conjugation
Conjugation of tâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tâter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tâtant /ta.tɑ̃/ or /tɑ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tâté /ta.te/ or /tɑ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tâte /tat/ or /tɑt/ |
tâtes /tat/ or /tɑt/ |
tâte /tat/ or /tɑt/ |
tâtons /ta.tɔ̃/ or /tɑ.tɔ̃/ |
tâtez /ta.te/ or /tɑ.te/ |
tâtent /tat/ or /tɑt/ |
| imperfect | tâtais /ta.tɛ/ or /tɑ.tɛ/ |
tâtais /ta.tɛ/ or /tɑ.tɛ/ |
tâtait /ta.tɛ/ or /tɑ.tɛ/ |
tâtions /ta.tjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.tjɔ̃/ |
tâtiez /ta.tje/ or /tɑ.tje/ |
tâtaient /ta.tɛ/ or /tɑ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tâtai /ta.te/ or /tɑ.te/ |
tâtas /ta.ta/ or /tɑ.ta/ |
tâta /ta.ta/ or /tɑ.ta/ |
tâtâmes /ta.tam/ or /tɑ.tam/ |
tâtâtes /ta.tat/ or /tɑ.tat/ |
tâtèrent /ta.tɛʁ/ or /tɑ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | tâterai /ta.tʁe/ or /tɑ.tʁe/ |
tâteras /ta.tʁa/ or /tɑ.tʁa/ |
tâtera /ta.tʁa/ or /tɑ.tʁa/ |
tâterons /ta.tʁɔ̃/ or /tɑ.tʁɔ̃/ |
tâterez /ta.tʁe/ or /tɑ.tʁe/ |
tâteront /ta.tʁɔ̃/ or /tɑ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tâterais /ta.tʁɛ/ or /tɑ.tʁɛ/ |
tâterais /ta.tʁɛ/ or /tɑ.tʁɛ/ |
tâterait /ta.tʁɛ/ or /tɑ.tʁɛ/ |
tâterions /ta.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tâteriez /ta.tə.ʁje/ or /tɑ.tə.ʁje/ |
tâteraient /ta.tʁɛ/ or /tɑ.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 | tâte /tat/ or /tɑt/ |
tâtes /tat/ or /tɑt/ |
tâte /tat/ or /tɑt/ |
tâtions /ta.tjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.tjɔ̃/ |
tâtiez /ta.tje/ or /tɑ.tje/ |
tâtent /tat/ or /tɑt/ |
| imperfect2 | tâtasse /ta.tas/ or /tɑ.tas/ |
tâtasses /ta.tas/ or /tɑ.tas/ |
tâtât /ta.ta/ or /tɑ.ta/ |
tâtassions /ta.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
tâtassiez /ta.ta.sje/ or /tɑ.ta.sje/ |
tâtassent /ta.tas/ or /tɑ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tâte /tat/ or /tɑt/ |
— | tâtons /ta.tɔ̃/ or /tɑ.tɔ̃/ |
tâtez /ta.te/ or /tɑ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- à tâter
- tâter le terrain
Further reading
- “tâter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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