colporter

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English

Etymology

Anglicization of colporteur, from French.

Noun

colporter (plural colporters)

  1. Alternative form of colporteur

French

Etymology

From Latin comportare, from comportō (“to carry”), with a change to col- to differentiate from comporter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔl.pɔʁ.te/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

colporter

  1. to peddle; to hawk
  2. (figurative, often derogatory) to spread (gossip, accusation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of colporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple colporter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple colportant
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle colporté
/kɔl.pɔʁ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present colporte
/kɔl.pɔʁt/ 		colportes
/kɔl.pɔʁt/ 		colporte
/kɔl.pɔʁt/ 		colportons
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ 		colportez
/kɔl.pɔʁ.te/ 		colportent
/kɔl.pɔʁt/
imperfect colportais
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tɛ/ 		colportais
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tɛ/ 		colportait
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tɛ/ 		colportions
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ 		colportiez
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tje/ 		colportaient
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tɛ/
past historic2 colportai
/kɔl.pɔʁ.te/ 		colportas
/kɔl.pɔʁ.ta/ 		colporta
/kɔl.pɔʁ.ta/ 		colportâmes
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tam/ 		colportâtes
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tat/ 		colportèrent
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/
future colporterai
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ 		colporteras
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ 		colportera
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ 		colporterons
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		colporterez
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ 		colporteront
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional colporterais
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		colporterais
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		colporterait
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		colporterions
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		colporteriez
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/ 		colporteraient
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(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 colporte
/kɔl.pɔʁt/ 		colportes
/kɔl.pɔʁt/ 		colporte
/kɔl.pɔʁt/ 		colportions
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ 		colportiez
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tje/ 		colportent
/kɔl.pɔʁt/
imperfect2 colportasse
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tas/ 		colportasses
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tas/ 		colportât
/kɔl.pɔʁ.ta/ 		colportassions
/kɔl.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		colportassiez
/kɔl.pɔʁ.ta.sje/ 		colportassent
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — colporte
/kɔl.pɔʁt/ 		— colportons
/kɔl.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ 		colportez
/kɔl.pɔʁ.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).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • German: kolportieren

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