usiter

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /y.zi.te/
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  • Rhymes: -e

Verb

usiter

  1. (transitive) to use, to make use of sth
  2. (intransitive, reflexive) to employ sth [+ à/en]

Conjugation
Conjugation of usiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple usiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple usitant
/y.zi.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle usité
/y.zi.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present usite
/y.zit/		 usites
/y.zit/		 usite
/y.zit/		 usitons
/y.zi.tɔ̃/		 usitez
/y.zi.te/		 usitent
/y.zit/
imperfect usitais
/y.zi.tɛ/		 usitais
/y.zi.tɛ/		 usitait
/y.zi.tɛ/		 usitions
/y.zi.tjɔ̃/		 usitiez
/y.zi.tje/		 usitaient
/y.zi.tɛ/
past historic2 usitai
/y.zi.te/		 usitas
/y.zi.ta/		 usita
/y.zi.ta/		 usitâmes
/y.zi.tam/		 usitâtes
/y.zi.tat/		 usitèrent
/y.zi.tɛʁ/
future usiterai
/y.zi.tʁe/		 usiteras
/y.zi.tʁa/		 usitera
/y.zi.tʁa/		 usiterons
/y.zi.tʁɔ̃/		 usiterez
/y.zi.tʁe/		 usiteront
/y.zi.tʁɔ̃/
conditional usiterais
/y.zi.tʁɛ/		 usiterais
/y.zi.tʁɛ/		 usiterait
/y.zi.tʁɛ/		 usiterions
/y.zi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 usiteriez
/y.zi.tə.ʁje/		 usiteraient
/y.zi.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 usite
/y.zit/		 usites
/y.zit/		 usite
/y.zit/		 usitions
/y.zi.tjɔ̃/		 usitiez
/y.zi.tje/		 usitent
/y.zit/
imperfect2 usitasse
/y.zi.tas/		 usitasses
/y.zi.tas/		 usitât
/y.zi.ta/		 usitassions
/y.zi.ta.sjɔ̃/		 usitassiez
/y.zi.ta.sje/		 usitassent
/y.zi.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — usite
/y.zit/		 — usitons
/y.zi.tɔ̃/		 usitez
/y.zi.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).

Latin

Verb

ūsiter

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of ūsitor
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