éventer

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See also: eventer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exventāre, from Latin ventus (“wind”). By surface analysis, é- +‎ vent +‎ -er. Compare Occitan esventar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.vɑ̃.te/
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Verb

éventer

  1. (transitive, dated) to air, ventilate (expose to the air)
  2. (transitive, reflexive) to fan
  3. (transitive, nautical) to expose to the wind
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to expose, to reveal
    éventer un secret ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  5. (reflexive, of foods) to go off, go stale, go flat

Conjugation

Conjugation of éventer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple éventer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple éventant
/e.vɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle éventé
/e.vɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present évente
/e.vɑ̃t/ 		éventes
/e.vɑ̃t/ 		évente
/e.vɑ̃t/ 		éventons
/e.vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		éventez
/e.vɑ̃.te/ 		éventent
/e.vɑ̃t/
imperfect éventais
/e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ 		éventais
/e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ 		éventait
/e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ 		éventions
/e.vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		éventiez
/e.vɑ̃.tje/ 		éventaient
/e.vɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 éventai
/e.vɑ̃.te/ 		éventas
/e.vɑ̃.ta/ 		éventa
/e.vɑ̃.ta/ 		éventâmes
/e.vɑ̃.tam/ 		éventâtes
/e.vɑ̃.tat/ 		éventèrent
/e.vɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future éventerai
/e.vɑ̃.tʁe/ 		éventeras
/e.vɑ̃.tʁa/ 		éventera
/e.vɑ̃.tʁa/ 		éventerons
/e.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		éventerez
/e.vɑ̃.tʁe/ 		éventeront
/e.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional éventerais
/e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		éventerais
/e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		éventerait
/e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		éventerions
/e.vɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		éventeriez
/e.vɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		éventeraient
/e.vɑ̃.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 évente
/e.vɑ̃t/ 		éventes
/e.vɑ̃t/ 		évente
/e.vɑ̃t/ 		éventions
/e.vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		éventiez
/e.vɑ̃.tje/ 		éventent
/e.vɑ̃t/
imperfect2 éventasse
/e.vɑ̃.tas/ 		éventasses
/e.vɑ̃.tas/ 		éventât
/e.vɑ̃.ta/ 		éventassions
/e.vɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		éventassiez
/e.vɑ̃.ta.sje/ 		éventassent
/e.vɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — évente
/e.vɑ̃t/ 		— éventons
/e.vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		éventez
/e.vɑ̃.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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