agiter

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French

Etymology

From Latin agitāre (“to disturb, agitate, toss about”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ʒi.te/
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Verb

agiter

  1. to shake, to wave (to move back and forth)
  2. to agitate

Conjugation

Conjugation of agiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple agiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple agitant
/a.ʒi.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle agité
/a.ʒi.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present agite
/a.ʒit/ 		agites
/a.ʒit/ 		agite
/a.ʒit/ 		agitons
/a.ʒi.tɔ̃/ 		agitez
/a.ʒi.te/ 		agitent
/a.ʒit/
imperfect agitais
/a.ʒi.tɛ/ 		agitais
/a.ʒi.tɛ/ 		agitait
/a.ʒi.tɛ/ 		agitions
/a.ʒi.tjɔ̃/ 		agitiez
/a.ʒi.tje/ 		agitaient
/a.ʒi.tɛ/
past historic2 agitai
/a.ʒi.te/ 		agitas
/a.ʒi.ta/ 		agita
/a.ʒi.ta/ 		agitâmes
/a.ʒi.tam/ 		agitâtes
/a.ʒi.tat/ 		agitèrent
/a.ʒi.tɛʁ/
future agiterai
/a.ʒi.tʁe/ 		agiteras
/a.ʒi.tʁa/ 		agitera
/a.ʒi.tʁa/ 		agiterons
/a.ʒi.tʁɔ̃/ 		agiterez
/a.ʒi.tʁe/ 		agiteront
/a.ʒi.tʁɔ̃/
conditional agiterais
/a.ʒi.tʁɛ/ 		agiterais
/a.ʒi.tʁɛ/ 		agiterait
/a.ʒi.tʁɛ/ 		agiterions
/a.ʒi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		agiteriez
/a.ʒi.tə.ʁje/ 		agiteraient
/a.ʒi.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 agite
/a.ʒit/ 		agites
/a.ʒit/ 		agite
/a.ʒit/ 		agitions
/a.ʒi.tjɔ̃/ 		agitiez
/a.ʒi.tje/ 		agitent
/a.ʒit/
imperfect2 agitasse
/a.ʒi.tas/ 		agitasses
/a.ʒi.tas/ 		agitât
/a.ʒi.ta/ 		agitassions
/a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		agitassiez
/a.ʒi.ta.sje/ 		agitassent
/a.ʒi.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — agite
/a.ʒit/ 		— agitons
/a.ʒi.tɔ̃/ 		agitez
/a.ʒi.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).

Descendants

  • → Romanian: agita

Further reading

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Verb

agiter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of agitō
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