exciter

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English

Etymology

From excite +‎ -er.

Noun

exciter (plural exciters)

  1. A person who excites.
  2. The electronic oscillator that generates the carrier signal for a transmitter.
  3. An audio signal processing technique used to enhance a signal by dynamic equalization, phase manipulation, harmonic synthesis of (usually) high frequency signals, and through the addition of subtle harmonic distortion.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excitāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

exciter

  1. to excite (to stir the emotions of)

Conjugation

Conjugation of exciter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple exciter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple excitant
/ɛk.si.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle excité
/ɛk.si.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present excite
/ɛk.sit/ 		excites
/ɛk.sit/ 		excite
/ɛk.sit/ 		excitons
/ɛk.si.tɔ̃/ 		excitez
/ɛk.si.te/ 		excitent
/ɛk.sit/
imperfect excitais
/ɛk.si.tɛ/ 		excitais
/ɛk.si.tɛ/ 		excitait
/ɛk.si.tɛ/ 		excitions
/ɛk.si.tjɔ̃/ 		excitiez
/ɛk.si.tje/ 		excitaient
/ɛk.si.tɛ/
past historic2 excitai
/ɛk.si.te/ 		excitas
/ɛk.si.ta/ 		excita
/ɛk.si.ta/ 		excitâmes
/ɛk.si.tam/ 		excitâtes
/ɛk.si.tat/ 		excitèrent
/ɛk.si.tɛʁ/
future exciterai
/ɛk.si.tʁe/ 		exciteras
/ɛk.si.tʁa/ 		excitera
/ɛk.si.tʁa/ 		exciterons
/ɛk.si.tʁɔ̃/ 		exciterez
/ɛk.si.tʁe/ 		exciteront
/ɛk.si.tʁɔ̃/
conditional exciterais
/ɛk.si.tʁɛ/ 		exciterais
/ɛk.si.tʁɛ/ 		exciterait
/ɛk.si.tʁɛ/ 		exciterions
/ɛk.si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		exciteriez
/ɛk.si.tə.ʁje/ 		exciteraient
/ɛk.si.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 excite
/ɛk.sit/ 		excites
/ɛk.sit/ 		excite
/ɛk.sit/ 		excitions
/ɛk.si.tjɔ̃/ 		excitiez
/ɛk.si.tje/ 		excitent
/ɛk.sit/
imperfect2 excitasse
/ɛk.si.tas/ 		excitasses
/ɛk.si.tas/ 		excitât
/ɛk.si.ta/ 		excitassions
/ɛk.si.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		excitassiez
/ɛk.si.ta.sje/ 		excitassent
/ɛk.si.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — excite
/ɛk.sit/ 		— excitons
/ɛk.si.tɔ̃/ 		excitez
/ɛk.si.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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

exciter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of excitō
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