chuter

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French

Etymology

From Latin cadere (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃy.te/
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Verb

chuter

  1. to fall, to drop
  2. (figurative) to drop, to decrease (of numbers)
    Synonym: baisser
    • 2021 April 15, “En Provence, voler demeure un rêve d'enfants”, in La Provence, →ISSN, page 1:
      À l’aéroclub de Vinon Manosque, confirme ainsi son président Jacques Tomsin, le nombre d’heures de vol a chuté de 1800 en 2019 à 1400 en 2020.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of chuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chuter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chutant
/ʃy.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chuté
/ʃy.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chute
/ʃyt/ 		chutes
/ʃyt/ 		chute
/ʃyt/ 		chutons
/ʃy.tɔ̃/ 		chutez
/ʃy.te/ 		chutent
/ʃyt/
imperfect chutais
/ʃy.tɛ/ 		chutais
/ʃy.tɛ/ 		chutait
/ʃy.tɛ/ 		chutions
/ʃy.tjɔ̃/ 		chutiez
/ʃy.tje/ 		chutaient
/ʃy.tɛ/
past historic2 chutai
/ʃy.te/ 		chutas
/ʃy.ta/ 		chuta
/ʃy.ta/ 		chutâmes
/ʃy.tam/ 		chutâtes
/ʃy.tat/ 		chutèrent
/ʃy.tɛʁ/
future chuterai
/ʃy.tʁe/ 		chuteras
/ʃy.tʁa/ 		chutera
/ʃy.tʁa/ 		chuterons
/ʃy.tʁɔ̃/ 		chuterez
/ʃy.tʁe/ 		chuteront
/ʃy.tʁɔ̃/
conditional chuterais
/ʃy.tʁɛ/ 		chuterais
/ʃy.tʁɛ/ 		chuterait
/ʃy.tʁɛ/ 		chuterions
/ʃy.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		chuteriez
/ʃy.tə.ʁje/ 		chuteraient
/ʃy.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 chute
/ʃyt/ 		chutes
/ʃyt/ 		chute
/ʃyt/ 		chutions
/ʃy.tjɔ̃/ 		chutiez
/ʃy.tje/ 		chutent
/ʃyt/
imperfect2 chutasse
/ʃy.tas/ 		chutasses
/ʃy.tas/ 		chutât
/ʃy.ta/ 		chutassions
/ʃy.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		chutassiez
/ʃy.ta.sje/ 		chutassent
/ʃy.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chute
/ʃyt/ 		— chutons
/ʃy.tɔ̃/ 		chutez
/ʃy.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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