respecter

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From respect +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

respecter (plural respecters)

  1. One who regards or judges with partiality; one who respects.
  2. A person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative; "X is no respecter of Y".

Derived terms

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin respectāre (infinitive respectāre).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɛs.pɛk.te/
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Verb

respecter

  1. to respect
  2. to meet (deadline)
  3. to comply with (rules, laws)

Conjugation

Conjugation of respecter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple respecter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple respectant
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle respecté
/ʁɛs.pɛk.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present respecte
/ʁɛs.pɛkt/ 		respectes
/ʁɛs.pɛkt/ 		respecte
/ʁɛs.pɛkt/ 		respectons
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tɔ̃/ 		respectez
/ʁɛs.pɛk.te/ 		respectent
/ʁɛs.pɛkt/
imperfect respectais
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tɛ/ 		respectais
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tɛ/ 		respectait
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tɛ/ 		respections
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tjɔ̃/ 		respectiez
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tje/ 		respectaient
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tɛ/
past historic2 respectai
/ʁɛs.pɛk.te/ 		respectas
/ʁɛs.pɛk.ta/ 		respecta
/ʁɛs.pɛk.ta/ 		respectâmes
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tam/ 		respectâtes
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tat/ 		respectèrent
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tɛʁ/
future respecterai
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tə.ʁe/ 		respecteras
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tə.ʁa/ 		respectera
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tə.ʁa/ 		respecterons
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		respecterez
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tə.ʁe/ 		respecteront
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional respecterais
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ 		respecterais
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ 		respecterait
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ 		respecterions
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		respecteriez
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tə.ʁje/ 		respecteraient
/ʁɛs.pɛk.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 respecte
/ʁɛs.pɛkt/ 		respectes
/ʁɛs.pɛkt/ 		respecte
/ʁɛs.pɛkt/ 		respections
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tjɔ̃/ 		respectiez
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tje/ 		respectent
/ʁɛs.pɛkt/
imperfect2 respectasse
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tas/ 		respectasses
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tas/ 		respectât
/ʁɛs.pɛk.ta/ 		respectassions
/ʁɛs.pɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		respectassiez
/ʁɛs.pɛk.ta.sje/ 		respectassent
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — respecte
/ʁɛs.pɛkt/ 		— respectons
/ʁɛs.pɛk.tɔ̃/ 		respectez
/ʁɛs.pɛk.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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

respecter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of respectō
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