flirter

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English

Etymology

From flirt +‎ -er. Compare Old English fleardere (“one who acts wantonly or with folly”).

Noun

flirter (plural flirters)

  1. One who flirts.
    • 1988, Glamour, volume 86, numbers 7-9, page 26:
      I just ended a relationship with a compulsive flirter, after realizing that no one deserved to be treated as I was.

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English flirt. Forms with -eu- may have arisen by influence of fleur (“flower”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flœʁ.te/
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Verb

flirter

  1. (intransitive) to flirt
    Hyponym: see courir les filles

Conjugation

Conjugation of flirter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple flirter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple flirtant
/flœʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle flirté
/flœʁ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present flirte
/flœʁt/ 		flirtes
/flœʁt/ 		flirte
/flœʁt/ 		flirtons
/flœʁ.tɔ̃/ 		flirtez
/flœʁ.te/ 		flirtent
/flœʁt/
imperfect flirtais
/flœʁ.tɛ/ 		flirtais
/flœʁ.tɛ/ 		flirtait
/flœʁ.tɛ/ 		flirtions
/flœʁ.tjɔ̃/ 		flirtiez
/flœʁ.tje/ 		flirtaient
/flœʁ.tɛ/
past historic2 flirtai
/flœʁ.te/ 		flirtas
/flœʁ.ta/ 		flirta
/flœʁ.ta/ 		flirtâmes
/flœʁ.tam/ 		flirtâtes
/flœʁ.tat/ 		flirtèrent
/flœʁ.tɛʁ/
future flirterai
/flœʁ.tə.ʁe/ 		flirteras
/flœʁ.tə.ʁa/ 		flirtera
/flœʁ.tə.ʁa/ 		flirterons
/flœʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		flirterez
/flœʁ.tə.ʁe/ 		flirteront
/flœʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional flirterais
/flœʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		flirterais
/flœʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		flirterait
/flœʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ 		flirterions
/flœʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		flirteriez
/flœʁ.tə.ʁje/ 		flirteraient
/flœʁ.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 flirte
/flœʁt/ 		flirtes
/flœʁt/ 		flirte
/flœʁt/ 		flirtions
/flœʁ.tjɔ̃/ 		flirtiez
/flœʁ.tje/ 		flirtent
/flœʁt/
imperfect2 flirtasse
/flœʁ.tas/ 		flirtasses
/flœʁ.tas/ 		flirtât
/flœʁ.ta/ 		flirtassions
/flœʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		flirtassiez
/flœʁ.ta.sje/ 		flirtassent
/flœʁ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — flirte
/flœʁt/ 		— flirtons
/flœʁ.tɔ̃/ 		flirtez
/flœʁ.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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