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English

Etymology

From doubt +‎ -er.

Noun

doubter (plural doubters)

  1. One who doubts.
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 275:
      I have a great deal of sympathy with scientific doubters, and with those who test psychicism up hill and down dale and are not satisfied.

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French

Verb

doubter

  1. Obsolete form of douter.

Conjugation

Conjugation of doubter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple doubter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple doubtant
/du.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle doubté
/du.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present doubte
/dut/ 		doubtes
/dut/ 		doubte
/dut/ 		doubtons
/du.tɔ̃/ 		doubtez
/du.te/ 		doubtent
/dut/
imperfect doubtais
/du.tɛ/ 		doubtais
/du.tɛ/ 		doubtait
/du.tɛ/ 		doubtions
/du.tjɔ̃/ 		doubtiez
/du.tje/ 		doubtaient
/du.tɛ/
past historic2 doubtai
/du.te/ 		doubtas
/du.ta/ 		doubta
/du.ta/ 		doubtâmes
/du.tam/ 		doubtâtes
/du.tat/ 		doubtèrent
/du.tɛʁ/
future doubterai
/du.tʁe/ 		doubteras
/du.tʁa/ 		doubtera
/du.tʁa/ 		doubterons
/du.tʁɔ̃/ 		doubterez
/du.tʁe/ 		doubteront
/du.tʁɔ̃/
conditional doubterais
/du.tʁɛ/ 		doubterais
/du.tʁɛ/ 		doubterait
/du.tʁɛ/ 		doubterions
/du.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		doubteriez
/du.tə.ʁje/ 		doubteraient
/du.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 doubte
/dut/ 		doubtes
/dut/ 		doubte
/dut/ 		doubtions
/du.tjɔ̃/ 		doubtiez
/du.tje/ 		doubtent
/dut/
imperfect2 doubtasse
/du.tas/ 		doubtasses
/du.tas/ 		doubtât
/du.ta/ 		doubtassions
/du.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		doubtassiez
/du.ta.sje/ 		doubtassent
/du.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — doubte
/dut/ 		— doubtons
/du.tɔ̃/ 		doubtez
/du.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).

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French douter, with the b added back to reflect the Latin etymology.

Verb

doubter

  1. to doubt
  2. (reflexive, se doubter de or s'en doubter) to doubt (something)
    • c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      ils avoient tort se ils s'en doubtoient
      They were wrong if they doubted it

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of doubter
infinitive simple doubter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple doubtant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle doubté
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present doubte doubtes doubte doubtons doubtez doubtent
imperfect doubtois, doubtoys doubtois, doubtoys doubtoit, doubtoyt doubtions, doubtyons doubtiez, doubtyez doubtoient, doubtoyent
past historic doubta doubtas doubta doubtasmes doubtastes doubterent
future doubterai, doubteray doubteras doubtera doubterons doubterez doubteront
conditional doubterois, doubteroys doubterois, doubteroys doubteroit, doubteroyt doubterions, doubteryons doubteriez, doubteryez doubteroient, doubteroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present doubte doubtes doubte doubtons doubtez doubtent
imperfect doubtasse doubtasses doubtast doubtassions doubtassiez doubtassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — doubte — doubtons doubtez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

  • French: douter

Old French

Verb

doubter

  1. Alternative form of doter

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of doubter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive doubter avoir doubté
gerund en doubtant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle doubtant
past participle doubté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present doubte doubtes doubte doubtons doubtez doubtent
imperfect doubtoie, doubteie, doubtoe, doubteve doubtoies, doubteies, doubtoes, doubteves doubtoit, doubteit, doubtot, doubteve doubtiiens, doubtiens doubtiiez, doubtiez doubtoient, doubteient, doubtoent, doubtevent
preterite doubtai doubtas doubta doubtames doubtastes doubterent
future doubterai doubteras doubtera doubterons doubteroiz, doubtereiz, doubterez doubteront
conditional doubteroie, doubtereie doubteroies, doubtereies doubteroit, doubtereit doubteriiens, doubteriens doubteriiez, doubteriez doubteroient, doubtereient
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 doubte doubtes doubte doubtons doubtez doubtent
imperfect doubtasse doubtasses doubtast doubtissons, doubtissiens doubtissoiz, doubtissez, doubtissiez doubtassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— doubte — doubtons doubtez —
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