tâter

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See also: tater and Täter

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French taster, from Vulgar Latin *tastāre, contraction of *taxitō, frequentative of Late Latin taxāre (“touch repeatedly”), from Latin taxus. Compare English taste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.te/ ~ /tɑ.te/
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Verb

tâter

  1. to feel (touch lightly, to sense consistency or temperature)
  2. to get a feel for
  3. (obsolete, slang, sexual) to go to see someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of tâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tâter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tâtant
/ta.tɑ̃/ or /tɑ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tâté
/ta.te/ or /tɑ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present tâte
/tat/ or /tɑt/ 		tâtes
/tat/ or /tɑt/ 		tâte
/tat/ or /tɑt/ 		tâtons
/ta.tɔ̃/ or /tɑ.tɔ̃/ 		tâtez
/ta.te/ or /tɑ.te/ 		tâtent
/tat/ or /tɑt/
imperfect tâtais
/ta.tɛ/ or /tɑ.tɛ/ 		tâtais
/ta.tɛ/ or /tɑ.tɛ/ 		tâtait
/ta.tɛ/ or /tɑ.tɛ/ 		tâtions
/ta.tjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.tjɔ̃/ 		tâtiez
/ta.tje/ or /tɑ.tje/ 		tâtaient
/ta.tɛ/ or /tɑ.tɛ/
past historic2 tâtai
/ta.te/ or /tɑ.te/ 		tâtas
/ta.ta/ or /tɑ.ta/ 		tâta
/ta.ta/ or /tɑ.ta/ 		tâtâmes
/ta.tam/ or /tɑ.tam/ 		tâtâtes
/ta.tat/ or /tɑ.tat/ 		tâtèrent
/ta.tɛʁ/ or /tɑ.tɛʁ/
future tâterai
/ta.tʁe/ or /tɑ.tʁe/ 		tâteras
/ta.tʁa/ or /tɑ.tʁa/ 		tâtera
/ta.tʁa/ or /tɑ.tʁa/ 		tâterons
/ta.tʁɔ̃/ or /tɑ.tʁɔ̃/ 		tâterez
/ta.tʁe/ or /tɑ.tʁe/ 		tâteront
/ta.tʁɔ̃/ or /tɑ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional tâterais
/ta.tʁɛ/ or /tɑ.tʁɛ/ 		tâterais
/ta.tʁɛ/ or /tɑ.tʁɛ/ 		tâterait
/ta.tʁɛ/ or /tɑ.tʁɛ/ 		tâterions
/ta.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		tâteriez
/ta.tə.ʁje/ or /tɑ.tə.ʁje/ 		tâteraient
/ta.tʁɛ/ or /tɑ.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 tâte
/tat/ or /tɑt/ 		tâtes
/tat/ or /tɑt/ 		tâte
/tat/ or /tɑt/ 		tâtions
/ta.tjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.tjɔ̃/ 		tâtiez
/ta.tje/ or /tɑ.tje/ 		tâtent
/tat/ or /tɑt/
imperfect2 tâtasse
/ta.tas/ or /tɑ.tas/ 		tâtasses
/ta.tas/ or /tɑ.tas/ 		tâtât
/ta.ta/ or /tɑ.ta/ 		tâtassions
/ta.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		tâtassiez
/ta.ta.sje/ or /tɑ.ta.sje/ 		tâtassent
/ta.tas/ or /tɑ.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tâte
/tat/ or /tɑt/ 		— tâtons
/ta.tɔ̃/ or /tɑ.tɔ̃/ 		tâtez
/ta.te/ or /tɑ.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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