fretter

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English

Etymology

From Middle English fretere (“that which frets, devours, or corrodes”), equivalent to fret +‎ -er.

Noun

fretter (plural fretters)

  1. One who or that which frets.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From frette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁɛ.te/ ~ /fʁe.te/
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Verb

fretter

  1. to reinforce with ferrules

Conjugation

Conjugation of fretter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fretter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple frettant
/fʁɛ.tɑ̃/ or /fʁe.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fretté
/fʁɛ.te/ or /fʁe.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present frette
/fʁɛt/ 		frettes
/fʁɛt/ 		frette
/fʁɛt/ 		frettons
/fʁɛ.tɔ̃/ or /fʁe.tɔ̃/ 		frettez
/fʁɛ.te/ or /fʁe.te/ 		frettent
/fʁɛt/
imperfect frettais
/fʁɛ.tɛ/ or /fʁe.tɛ/ 		frettais
/fʁɛ.tɛ/ or /fʁe.tɛ/ 		frettait
/fʁɛ.tɛ/ or /fʁe.tɛ/ 		frettions
/fʁɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /fʁe.tjɔ̃/ 		frettiez
/fʁɛ.tje/ or /fʁe.tje/ 		frettaient
/fʁɛ.tɛ/ or /fʁe.tɛ/
past historic2 frettai
/fʁɛ.te/ or /fʁe.te/ 		frettas
/fʁɛ.ta/ or /fʁe.ta/ 		fretta
/fʁɛ.ta/ or /fʁe.ta/ 		frettâmes
/fʁɛ.tam/ or /fʁe.tam/ 		frettâtes
/fʁɛ.tat/ or /fʁe.tat/ 		frettèrent
/fʁɛ.tɛʁ/ or /fʁe.tɛʁ/
future fretterai
/fʁɛ.tʁe/ or /fʁe.tʁe/ 		fretteras
/fʁɛ.tʁa/ or /fʁe.tʁa/ 		frettera
/fʁɛ.tʁa/ or /fʁe.tʁa/ 		fretterons
/fʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /fʁe.tʁɔ̃/ 		fretterez
/fʁɛ.tʁe/ or /fʁe.tʁe/ 		fretteront
/fʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /fʁe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional fretterais
/fʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fʁe.tʁɛ/ 		fretterais
/fʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fʁe.tʁɛ/ 		fretterait
/fʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fʁe.tʁɛ/ 		fretterions
/fʁɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fʁe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		fretteriez
/fʁɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /fʁe.tə.ʁje/ 		fretteraient
/fʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fʁe.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 frette
/fʁɛt/ 		frettes
/fʁɛt/ 		frette
/fʁɛt/ 		frettions
/fʁɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /fʁe.tjɔ̃/ 		frettiez
/fʁɛ.tje/ or /fʁe.tje/ 		frettent
/fʁɛt/
imperfect2 frettasse
/fʁɛ.tas/ or /fʁe.tas/ 		frettasses
/fʁɛ.tas/ or /fʁe.tas/ 		frettât
/fʁɛ.ta/ or /fʁe.ta/ 		frettassions
/fʁɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /fʁe.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		frettassiez
/fʁɛ.ta.sje/ or /fʁe.ta.sje/ 		frettassent
/fʁɛ.tas/ or /fʁe.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — frette
/fʁɛt/ 		— frettons
/fʁɛ.tɔ̃/ or /fʁe.tɔ̃/ 		frettez
/fʁɛ.te/ or /fʁe.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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