décanter

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēcanthāre, from Latin de- + canthus (“rim, edge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.kɑ̃.te/
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Verb

décanter

  1. (transitive) to decant
    Synonym: transvaser

Conjugation

Conjugation of décanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple décanter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple décantant
/de.kɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle décanté
/de.kɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present décante
/de.kɑ̃t/ 		décantes
/de.kɑ̃t/ 		décante
/de.kɑ̃t/ 		décantons
/de.kɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		décantez
/de.kɑ̃.te/ 		décantent
/de.kɑ̃t/
imperfect décantais
/de.kɑ̃.tɛ/ 		décantais
/de.kɑ̃.tɛ/ 		décantait
/de.kɑ̃.tɛ/ 		décantions
/de.kɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		décantiez
/de.kɑ̃.tje/ 		décantaient
/de.kɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 décantai
/de.kɑ̃.te/ 		décantas
/de.kɑ̃.ta/ 		décanta
/de.kɑ̃.ta/ 		décantâmes
/de.kɑ̃.tam/ 		décantâtes
/de.kɑ̃.tat/ 		décantèrent
/de.kɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future décanterai
/de.kɑ̃.tʁe/ 		décanteras
/de.kɑ̃.tʁa/ 		décantera
/de.kɑ̃.tʁa/ 		décanterons
/de.kɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		décanterez
/de.kɑ̃.tʁe/ 		décanteront
/de.kɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional décanterais
/de.kɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		décanterais
/de.kɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		décanterait
/de.kɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		décanterions
/de.kɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		décanteriez
/de.kɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		décanteraient
/de.kɑ̃.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 décante
/de.kɑ̃t/ 		décantes
/de.kɑ̃t/ 		décante
/de.kɑ̃t/ 		décantions
/de.kɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		décantiez
/de.kɑ̃.tje/ 		décantent
/de.kɑ̃t/
imperfect2 décantasse
/de.kɑ̃.tas/ 		décantasses
/de.kɑ̃.tas/ 		décantât
/de.kɑ̃.ta/ 		décantassions
/de.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		décantassiez
/de.kɑ̃.ta.sje/ 		décantassent
/de.kɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — décante
/de.kɑ̃t/ 		— décantons
/de.kɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		décantez
/de.kɑ̃.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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