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fermenter
fermenter
English
Noun
fermenter (plural fermenters)
- Any organism, such as a yeast, that causes fermentation
- A fermentor
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fermentāre, present active infinitive of fermentō.
Verb
fermenter
- to ferment.
Conjugation
Conjugation of fermenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | fermenter | avoir fermenté | |||||
| gerund | en fermentant | en ayant fermenté | |||||
| present participle | fermentant /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | fermenté /fɛʁ.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 | fermente /fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
fermentes /fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
fermente /fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
fermentons /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
fermentez /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.te/ |
fermentent /fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | fermentais /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
fermentais /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
fermentait /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
fermentions /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
fermentiez /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tje/ |
fermentaient /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | fermentai /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.te/ |
fermentas /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta/ |
fermenta /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta/ |
fermentâmes /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tam/ |
fermentâtes /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tat/ |
fermentèrent /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | fermenterai /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁe/ |
fermenteras /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁa/ |
fermentera /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁa/ |
fermenterons /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
fermenterez /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁe/ |
fermenteront /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | fermenterais /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
fermenterais /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
fermenterait /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
fermenterions /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fermenteriez /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
fermenteraient /fɛʁ.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 | fermente /fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
fermentes /fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
fermente /fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
fermentions /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
fermentiez /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tje/ |
fermentent /fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
fermentasse /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tas/ |
fermentasses /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tas/ |
fermentât /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta/ |
fermentassions /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
fermentassiez /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
fermentassent /fɛʁ.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 | – | |
| — | fermente /fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
— | fermentons /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
fermentez /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.te/ |
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