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Webster 1913 Edition
Fretter
Fret′ter
,Noun.
One who, or that which, frets.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fretter
FRET'TER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
fretter
fretter
French
Etymology
From frette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁɛ.te/
Verb
fretter
Conjugation
Conjugation of fretter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | fretter | avoir fretté | |||||
| gerund | en frettant | en ayant fretté | |||||
| present participle | frettant /fʁɛ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | fretté /fʁɛ.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 | frette /fʁɛt/ |
frettes /fʁɛt/ |
frette /fʁɛt/ |
frettons /fʁɛ.tɔ̃/ |
frettez /fʁɛ.te/ |
frettent /fʁɛt/ |
| imperfect | frettais /fʁɛ.tɛ/ |
frettais /fʁɛ.tɛ/ |
frettait /fʁɛ.tɛ/ |
frettions /fʁɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
frettiez /fʁɛ.tje/ |
frettaient /fʁɛ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | frettai /fʁɛ.te/ |
frettas /fʁɛ.ta/ |
fretta /fʁɛ.ta/ |
frettâmes /fʁɛ.tam/ |
frettâtes /fʁɛ.tat/ |
frettèrent /fʁɛ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | fretterai /fʁɛ.tʁe/ |
fretteras /fʁɛ.tʁa/ |
frettera /fʁɛ.tʁa/ |
fretterons /fʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
fretterez /fʁɛ.tʁe/ |
fretteront /fʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | fretterais /fʁɛ.tʁɛ/ |
fretterais /fʁɛ.tʁɛ/ |
fretterait /fʁɛ.tʁɛ/ |
fretterions /fʁɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fretteriez /fʁɛ.tə.ʁje/ |
fretteraient /fʁɛ.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 | frette /fʁɛt/ |
frettes /fʁɛt/ |
frette /fʁɛt/ |
frettions /fʁɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
frettiez /fʁɛ.tje/ |
frettent /fʁɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
frettasse /fʁɛ.tas/ |
frettasses /fʁɛ.tas/ |
frettât /fʁɛ.ta/ |
frettassions /fʁɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
frettassiez /fʁɛ.ta.sje/ |
frettassent /fʁɛ.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 | – | |
| — | frette /fʁɛt/ |
— | frettons /fʁɛ.tɔ̃/ |
frettez /fʁɛ.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- défretter
- refretter