quêter

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French quester, from Latin quaestāre (“to search”), from quaestus. Cognate with English quest.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛ.te/ ~ /ke.te/
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Verb

quêter

  1. to search for; to look for
  2. to beg (for money)

Conjugation

Conjugation of quêter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple quêter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple quêtant
/kɛ.tɑ̃/ or /ke.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle quêté
/kɛ.te/ or /ke.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present quête
/kɛt/ 		quêtes
/kɛt/ 		quête
/kɛt/ 		quêtons
/kɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ke.tɔ̃/ 		quêtez
/kɛ.te/ or /ke.te/ 		quêtent
/kɛt/
imperfect quêtais
/kɛ.tɛ/ or /ke.tɛ/ 		quêtais
/kɛ.tɛ/ or /ke.tɛ/ 		quêtait
/kɛ.tɛ/ or /ke.tɛ/ 		quêtions
/kɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ke.tjɔ̃/ 		quêtiez
/kɛ.tje/ or /ke.tje/ 		quêtaient
/kɛ.tɛ/ or /ke.tɛ/
past historic2 quêtai
/kɛ.te/ or /ke.te/ 		quêtas
/kɛ.ta/ or /ke.ta/ 		quêta
/kɛ.ta/ or /ke.ta/ 		quêtâmes
/kɛ.tam/ or /ke.tam/ 		quêtâtes
/kɛ.tat/ or /ke.tat/ 		quêtèrent
/kɛ.tɛʁ/ or /ke.tɛʁ/
future quêterai
/kɛ.tʁe/ or /ke.tʁe/ 		quêteras
/kɛ.tʁa/ or /ke.tʁa/ 		quêtera
/kɛ.tʁa/ or /ke.tʁa/ 		quêterons
/kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ke.tʁɔ̃/ 		quêterez
/kɛ.tʁe/ or /ke.tʁe/ 		quêteront
/kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ke.tʁɔ̃/
conditional quêterais
/kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ke.tʁɛ/ 		quêterais
/kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ke.tʁɛ/ 		quêterait
/kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ke.tʁɛ/ 		quêterions
/kɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ke.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		quêteriez
/kɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ke.tə.ʁje/ 		quêteraient
/kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ke.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 quête
/kɛt/ 		quêtes
/kɛt/ 		quête
/kɛt/ 		quêtions
/kɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ke.tjɔ̃/ 		quêtiez
/kɛ.tje/ or /ke.tje/ 		quêtent
/kɛt/
imperfect2 quêtasse
/kɛ.tas/ or /ke.tas/ 		quêtasses
/kɛ.tas/ or /ke.tas/ 		quêtât
/kɛ.ta/ or /ke.ta/ 		quêtassions
/kɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ke.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		quêtassiez
/kɛ.ta.sje/ or /ke.ta.sje/ 		quêtassent
/kɛ.tas/ or /ke.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — quête
/kɛt/ 		— quêtons
/kɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ke.tɔ̃/ 		quêtez
/kɛ.te/ or /ke.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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