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Fomenter
Fo-ment′er
,Noun.
One who foments; one who encourages or instigates;
as, a
. fomenter
of seditionWebster 1828 Edition
Fomenter
FOMENT'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
fomenter
fomenter
French
Etymology
Borrowing from Medieval Latin fomentāre, present active infinitive of fomentō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔ.mɑ̃.te/
Verb
fomenter
- to foment
Conjugation
Conjugation of fomenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | fomenter | avoir fomenté | |||||
| gerund | en fomentant | en ayant fomenté | |||||
| present participle | fomentant /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | fomenté /fɔ.mɑ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fomente /fɔ.mɑ̃t/ |
fomentes /fɔ.mɑ̃t/ |
fomente /fɔ.mɑ̃t/ |
fomentons /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
fomentez /fɔ.mɑ̃.te/ |
fomentent /fɔ.mɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | fomentais /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
fomentais /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
fomentait /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
fomentions /fɔ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
fomentiez /fɔ.mɑ̃.tje/ |
fomentaient /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | fomentai /fɔ.mɑ̃.te/ |
fomentas /fɔ.mɑ̃.ta/ |
fomenta /fɔ.mɑ̃.ta/ |
fomentâmes /fɔ.mɑ̃.tam/ |
fomentâtes /fɔ.mɑ̃.tat/ |
fomentèrent /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | fomenterai /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁe/ |
fomenteras /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁa/ |
fomentera /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁa/ |
fomenterons /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
fomenterez /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁe/ |
fomenteront /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | fomenterais /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
fomenterais /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
fomenterait /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
fomenterions /fɔ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fomenteriez /fɔ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
fomenteraient /fɔ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fomente /fɔ.mɑ̃t/ |
fomentes /fɔ.mɑ̃t/ |
fomente /fɔ.mɑ̃t/ |
fomentions /fɔ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
fomentiez /fɔ.mɑ̃.tje/ |
fomentent /fɔ.mɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
fomentasse /fɔ.mɑ̃.tas/ |
fomentasses /fɔ.mɑ̃.tas/ |
fomentât /fɔ.mɑ̃.ta/ |
fomentassions /fɔ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
fomentassiez /fɔ.mɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
fomentassent /fɔ.mɑ̃.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | fomente /fɔ.mɑ̃t/ |
— | fomentons /fɔ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
fomentez /fɔ.mɑ̃.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Verb
fomenter
- to foment (incite trouble, rebellion, etc.)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of fomenter
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fomenter | avoir fomenté | |||||
| gerund | en fomentant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | fomentant | ||||||
| past participle | fomenté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | fomente | fomentes | fomente | fomentons | fomentez | fomentent |
| imperfect | fomentois, fomentoys | fomentois, fomentoys | fomentoit, fomentoyt | fomentions, fomentyons | fomentiez, fomentyez | fomentoient, fomentoyent | |
| past historic | fomenta | fomentas | fomenta | fomentasmes | fomentastes | fomenterent | |
| future | fomenterai, fomenteray | fomenteras | fomentera | fomenterons | fomenterez | fomenteront | |
| conditional | fomenterois, fomenteroys | fomenterois, fomenteroys | fomenteroit, fomenteroyt | fomenterions, fomenteryons | fomenteriez, fomenteryez | fomenteroient, fomenteroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | fomente | fomentes | fomente | fomentons | fomentez | fomentent |
| imperfect | fomentasse | fomentasses | fomentast | fomentassions | fomentassiez | fomentassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | fomente | — | fomentons | fomentez | — | ||