traiter

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French traicter, from Old French tretier, traitier, traiter, from Latin tractāre (“to pull, manage”), from the past participle stem of trahō (“to draw, pull”) (cf. tractus, whence French trait). See also tracter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɛ.te/, /tʁe.te/
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  • Hyphenation: trai‧ter

Verb

traiter

  1. (transitive) to treat
    bien traiter quelqu’un ― to treat someone well
  2. (transitive) to take care (of)
    être traité pour, se faire traiter pour ― to undergo treatment for (a condition)
  3. (transitive) to process, spray, coat
    Les champs de blé étaient traités avec des pesticides par avion. ― The wheat fields were aerially sprayed with pesticide.
  4. (transitive, data processing) to process
    Les opérateurs de l’équipe de nuit traitent les tâches par lots. ― The night shift operators process batch jobs.
  5. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking de) to call, label (something negative)
    Synonyms: qualifier, taxer
    Ils l’ont traitée de menteuse. ― They called her a liar.
    Il m’a traité de tous les noms. ― He called me every name under the sun.
  6. (transitive with de) to deal with, handle (i.e. commerce, a subject or theme)
    Cet article traitera de sujets très sérieux. ― This article will deal with very serious subjects.

Conjugation

Conjugation of traiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple traiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple traitant
/tʁɛ.tɑ̃/ or /tʁe.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle traité
/tʁɛ.te/ or /tʁe.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present traite
/tʁɛt/ 		traites
/tʁɛt/ 		traite
/tʁɛt/ 		traitons
/tʁɛ.tɔ̃/ or /tʁe.tɔ̃/ 		traitez
/tʁɛ.te/ or /tʁe.te/ 		traitent
/tʁɛt/
imperfect traitais
/tʁɛ.tɛ/ or /tʁe.tɛ/ 		traitais
/tʁɛ.tɛ/ or /tʁe.tɛ/ 		traitait
/tʁɛ.tɛ/ or /tʁe.tɛ/ 		traitions
/tʁɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.tjɔ̃/ 		traitiez
/tʁɛ.tje/ or /tʁe.tje/ 		traitaient
/tʁɛ.tɛ/ or /tʁe.tɛ/
past historic2 traitai
/tʁɛ.te/ or /tʁe.te/ 		traitas
/tʁɛ.ta/ or /tʁe.ta/ 		traita
/tʁɛ.ta/ or /tʁe.ta/ 		traitâmes
/tʁɛ.tam/ or /tʁe.tam/ 		traitâtes
/tʁɛ.tat/ or /tʁe.tat/ 		traitèrent
/tʁɛ.tɛʁ/ or /tʁe.tɛʁ/
future traiterai
/tʁɛ.tʁe/ or /tʁe.tʁe/ 		traiteras
/tʁɛ.tʁa/ or /tʁe.tʁa/ 		traitera
/tʁɛ.tʁa/ or /tʁe.tʁa/ 		traiterons
/tʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /tʁe.tʁɔ̃/ 		traiterez
/tʁɛ.tʁe/ or /tʁe.tʁe/ 		traiteront
/tʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /tʁe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional traiterais
/tʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /tʁe.tʁɛ/ 		traiterais
/tʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /tʁe.tʁɛ/ 		traiterait
/tʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /tʁe.tʁɛ/ 		traiterions
/tʁɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		traiteriez
/tʁɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /tʁe.tə.ʁje/ 		traiteraient
/tʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /tʁe.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 traite
/tʁɛt/ 		traites
/tʁɛt/ 		traite
/tʁɛt/ 		traitions
/tʁɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.tjɔ̃/ 		traitiez
/tʁɛ.tje/ or /tʁe.tje/ 		traitent
/tʁɛt/
imperfect2 traitasse
/tʁɛ.tas/ or /tʁe.tas/ 		traitasses
/tʁɛ.tas/ or /tʁe.tas/ 		traitât
/tʁɛ.ta/ or /tʁe.ta/ 		traitassions
/tʁɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		traitassiez
/tʁɛ.ta.sje/ or /tʁe.ta.sje/ 		traitassent
/tʁɛ.tas/ or /tʁe.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — traite
/tʁɛt/ 		— traitons
/tʁɛ.tɔ̃/ or /tʁe.tɔ̃/ 		traitez
/tʁɛ.te/ or /tʁe.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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