incanter

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English

Noun

incanter (plural incanters)

  1. Alternative form of incantor

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incantāre. Doublet of enchanter.

Pronunciation

Verb

incanter

  1. (transitive, rare, literary) to enchant, to cast a spell over

Conjugation

Conjugation of incanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple incanter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple incantant
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle incanté
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present incante
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/ 		incantes
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/ 		incante
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/ 		incantons
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		incantez
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.te/ 		incantent
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/
imperfect incantais
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛ/ 		incantais
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛ/ 		incantait
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛ/ 		incantions
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		incantiez
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tje/ 		incantaient
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 incantai
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.te/ 		incantas
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta/ 		incanta
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta/ 		incantâmes
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tam/ 		incantâtes
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tat/ 		incantèrent
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future incanterai
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁe/ 		incanteras
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁa/ 		incantera
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁa/ 		incanterons
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		incanterez
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁe/ 		incanteront
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional incanterais
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		incanterais
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		incanterait
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		incanterions
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		incanteriez
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		incanteraient
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.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 incante
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/ 		incantes
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/ 		incante
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/ 		incantions
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		incantiez
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tje/ 		incantent
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/
imperfect2 incantasse
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tas/ 		incantasses
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tas/ 		incantât
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta/ 		incantassions
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		incantassiez
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sje/ 		incantassent
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — incante
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃t/ 		— incantons
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		incantez
/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.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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Latin

Verb

incanter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of incantō
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