From Middle English enchantour, from Old French enchanteor (Modern French enchanteur), from Latin incantātor (“enchanter; spellcaster; conjurer”), from incantāre (“to sing, to consecrate with spells”). Doublet of incantator. Equivalent to enchant + -er.
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enchanter (plural enchanters, feminine enchantress)
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Inherited from Old French enchanter, probably borrowed from Latin incantāre. Doublet of incanter.
enchanter
infinitive | simple | enchanter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | enchantant /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | enchanté /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | enchante /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃t/ |
enchantes /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃t/ |
enchante /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃t/ |
enchantons /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
enchantez /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te/ |
enchantent /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃t/ |
imperfect | enchantais /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tɛ/ |
enchantais /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tɛ/ |
enchantait /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tɛ/ |
enchantions /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
enchantiez /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tje/ |
enchantaient /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | enchantai /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te/ |
enchantas /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.ta/ |
enchanta /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.ta/ |
enchantâmes /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tam/ |
enchantâtes /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tat/ |
enchantèrent /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
future | enchanterai /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tʁe/ |
enchanteras /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tʁa/ |
enchantera /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tʁa/ |
enchanterons /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
enchanterez /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tʁe/ |
enchanteront /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | enchanterais /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
enchanterais /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
enchanterait /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
enchanterions /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enchanteriez /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
enchanteraient /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.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 | enchante /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃t/ |
enchantes /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃t/ |
enchante /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃t/ |
enchantions /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
enchantiez /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tje/ |
enchantent /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃t/ |
imperfect2 | enchantasse /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tas/ |
enchantasses /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tas/ |
enchantât /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.ta/ |
enchantassions /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
enchantassiez /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
enchantassent /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | enchante /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃t/ |
— | enchantons /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
enchantez /ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te/ |
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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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
enchanter
Probably borrowed from Latin incantāre, present active infinitive of incantō, from cantus (“song; chant”). Compare chant, chanter, etc.
enchanter
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | enchanter | avoir enchanté | |||||
gerund | en enchantant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | enchantant | ||||||
past participle | enchanté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | enchant | enchantes | enchante | enchantons | enchantez | enchantent |
imperfect | enchantoie, enchanteie, enchantoe, enchanteve | enchantoies, enchanteies, enchantoes, enchanteves | enchantoit, enchanteit, enchantot, enchanteve | enchantiiens, enchantiens | enchantiiez, enchantiez | enchantoient, enchanteient, enchantoent, enchantevent | |
preterite | enchantai | enchantas | enchanta | enchantames | enchantastes | enchanterent | |
future | enchanterai | enchanteras | enchantera | enchanterons | enchanteroiz, enchantereiz, enchanterez | enchanteront | |
conditional | enchanteroie, enchantereie | enchanteroies, enchantereies | enchanteroit, enchantereit | enchanteriiens, enchanteriens | enchanteriiez, enchanteriez | enchanteroient, enchantereient | |
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 | enchant | enchanz | enchant | enchantons | enchantez | enchantent |
imperfect | enchantasse | enchantasses | enchantast | enchantissons, enchantissiens | enchantissoiz, enchantissez, enchantissiez | enchantassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | enchante | — | enchantons | enchantez | — |