acheter

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French acheter, from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre (“accept, purchase”). Compare Norman acater, English cater.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʃ.te/, /a.ʃə.te/
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Verb

acheter

  1. to purchase; buy

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il achète and the third-person singular future indicative il achètera.

Conjugation of acheter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple acheter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple achetant
/aʃ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle acheté
/aʃ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present achète
/a.ʃɛt/ 		achètes
/a.ʃɛt/ 		achète
/a.ʃɛt/ 		achetons
/aʃ.tɔ̃/ 		achetez
/aʃ.te/ 		achètent
/a.ʃɛt/
imperfect achetais
/aʃ.tɛ/ 		achetais
/aʃ.tɛ/ 		achetait
/aʃ.tɛ/ 		achetions
/a.ʃə.tjɔ̃/ 		achetiez
/a.ʃə.tje/ 		achetaient
/aʃ.tɛ/
past historic2 achetai
/aʃ.te/ 		achetas
/aʃ.ta/ 		acheta
/aʃ.ta/ 		achetâmes
/aʃ.tam/ 		achetâtes
/aʃ.tat/ 		achetèrent
/aʃ.tɛʁ/
future achèterai
/a.ʃɛ.tʁe/ or /a.ʃe.tʁe/ 		achèteras
/a.ʃɛ.tʁa/ or /a.ʃe.tʁa/ 		achètera
/a.ʃɛ.tʁa/ or /a.ʃe.tʁa/ 		achèterons
/a.ʃɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.ʃe.tʁɔ̃/ 		achèterez
/a.ʃɛ.tʁe/ or /a.ʃe.tʁe/ 		achèteront
/a.ʃɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.ʃe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional achèterais
/a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.ʃe.tʁɛ/ 		achèterais
/a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.ʃe.tʁɛ/ 		achèterait
/a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.ʃe.tʁɛ/ 		achèterions
/a.ʃɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.ʃe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		achèteriez
/a.ʃɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /a.ʃe.tə.ʁje/ 		achèteraient
/a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.ʃe.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 achète
/a.ʃɛt/ 		achètes
/a.ʃɛt/ 		achète
/a.ʃɛt/ 		achetions
/a.ʃə.tjɔ̃/ 		achetiez
/a.ʃə.tje/ 		achètent
/a.ʃɛt/
imperfect2 achetasse
/aʃ.tas/ 		achetasses
/aʃ.tas/ 		achetât
/aʃ.ta/ 		achetassions
/aʃ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		achetassiez
/aʃ.ta.sje/ 		achetassent
/aʃ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — achète
/a.ʃɛt/ 		— achetons
/aʃ.tɔ̃/ 		achetez
/aʃ.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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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accaptāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

acheter

  1. to purchase; buy
    Synonym: porchacier
    Antonym: vendre

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. This verb has a stressed present stem achat distinct from the unstressed stem achet. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of acheter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive acheter avoir acheté
gerund en achetant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle achetant
past participle acheté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present achat achates achate achetons achetez achatent
imperfect achetoie, acheteie, achetoe, acheteve achetoies, acheteies, achetoes, acheteves achetoit, acheteit, achetot, acheteve achetiiens, achetiens achetiiez, achetiez achetoient, acheteient, achetoent, achetevent
preterite achetai achetas acheta achetames achetastes acheterent
future acheterai acheteras achetera acheterons acheteroiz, achetereiz, acheterez acheteront
conditional acheteroie, achetereie acheteroies, achetereies acheteroit, achetereit acheteriiens, acheteriens acheteriiez, acheteriez acheteroient, achetereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present achat achaz achat achetons achetez achatent
imperfect achetasse achetasses achetast achetissons, achetissiens achetissoiz, achetissez, achetissiez achetassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— achate — achetons achetez —

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