hanter
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Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *hanter, from Proto-Celtic *santeros. Compare Cornish hanter, Welsh hanner.
Pronunciation
Noun
hanter m (plural hanterioù)
Adjective
hanter
French
Etymology
From Middle French hanter, from Old French hanter (“to frequent, abide in one place”), from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; provide a home for; house”) or/and Old Norse heimta (“to bring home”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to bring home, house”). More at haunt.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɑ̃.te/
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Verb
hanter
Conjugation
Conjugation of hanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | hanter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | hantant /ɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | hanté /ɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | hante /ɑ̃t/ |
hantes /ɑ̃t/ |
hante /ɑ̃t/ |
hantons /ɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
hantez /ɑ̃.te/ |
hantent /ɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | hantais /ɑ̃.tɛ/ |
hantais /ɑ̃.tɛ/ |
hantait /ɑ̃.tɛ/ |
hantions /ɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
hantiez /ɑ̃.tje/ |
hantaient /ɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | hantai /ɑ̃.te/ |
hantas /ɑ̃.ta/ |
hanta /ɑ̃.ta/ |
hantâmes /ɑ̃.tam/ |
hantâtes /ɑ̃.tat/ |
hantèrent /ɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | hanterai /ɑ̃.tʁe/ |
hanteras /ɑ̃.tʁa/ |
hantera /ɑ̃.tʁa/ |
hanterons /ɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
hanterez /ɑ̃.tʁe/ |
hanteront /ɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | hanterais /ɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
hanterais /ɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
hanterait /ɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
hanterions /ɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
hanteriez /ɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
hanteraient /ɑ̃.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 | hante /ɑ̃t/ |
hantes /ɑ̃t/ |
hante /ɑ̃t/ |
hantions /ɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
hantiez /ɑ̃.tje/ |
hantent /ɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | hantasse /ɑ̃.tas/ |
hantasses /ɑ̃.tas/ |
hantât /ɑ̃.ta/ |
hantassions /ɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
hantassiez /ɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
hantassent /ɑ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | hante /ɑ̃t/ |
— | hantons /ɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
hantez /ɑ̃.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hanter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
- “hanter” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
Norman
Etymology
From Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, house”) or/and from Old English hāmettan (“to house”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to bring home, house”).
Pronunciation
Verb
hanter
Synonyms
Related terms
- vîsionnée (“haunted”)