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jeter
jeter
French
Verb
jeter
- to throw
- to throw away, discard of
- (card games) to throw away, discard
- (reflexive) to run in, as of a river
- (reflexive, with "sur") to rush oneself onto something or someone
Derived terms
Synonyms
Conjugation
With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can also now be conjugated like amener.
Conjugation of jeter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | jeter | avoir jeté | |||||
| gerund | en jetant | en ayant jeté | |||||
| present participle | jetant /ʒə.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | jeté /ʒə.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 | jette /ʒɛt/ |
jettes /ʒɛt/ |
jette /ʒɛt/ |
jetons /ʒə.tɔ̃/ |
jetez /ʒə.te/ |
jettent /ʒɛt/ |
| imperfect | jetais /ʒə.tɛ/ |
jetais /ʒə.tɛ/ |
jetait /ʒə.tɛ/ |
jetions /ʒə.tjɔ̃/ |
jetiez /ʒə.tje/ |
jetaient /ʒə.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | jetai /ʒə.te/ |
jetas /ʒə.ta/ |
jeta /ʒə.ta/ |
jetâmes /ʒə.tam/ |
jetâtes /ʒə.tat/ |
jetèrent /ʒə.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | jetterai /ʒɛ.tʁe/ |
jetteras /ʒɛ.tʁa/ |
jettera /ʒɛ.tʁa/ |
jetterons /ʒɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
jetterez /ʒɛ.tʁe/ |
jetteront /ʒɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | jetterais /ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ |
jetterais /ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ |
jetterait /ʒɛ.tʁɛ/ |
jetterions /ʒɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
jetteriez /ʒɛ.tə.ʁje/ |
jetteraient /ʒɛ.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 | jette /ʒɛt/ |
jettes /ʒɛt/ |
jette /ʒɛt/ |
jetions /ʒə.tjɔ̃/ |
jetiez /ʒə.tje/ |
jettent /ʒɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
jetasse /ʒə.tas/ |
jetasses /ʒə.tas/ |
jetât /ʒə.ta/ |
jetassions /ʒə.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
jetassiez /ʒə.ta.sje/ |
jetassent /ʒə.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 | – | |
| — | jette /ʒɛt/ |
— | jetons /ʒə.tɔ̃/ |
jetez /ʒə.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
- geter (Northern dialect)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin jectāre, iectāre, from Latin iactāre, present active infinitive of iactō.
Verb
jeter
- to throw
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of jeter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | jeter | avoir jeté | |||||
| gerund | en jetant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | jetant | ||||||
| past participle | jeté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | jet | jetes | jete | jetons | jetez | jetent |
| imperfect | jetoie, jeteie, jetoe, jeteve | jetoies, jeteies, jetoes, jeteves | jetoit, jeteit, jetot, jeteve | jetiiens, jetiens | jetiiez, jetiez | jetoient, jeteient, jetoent, jetevent | |
| preterite | jetai | jetas | jeta | jetames | jetastes | jeterent | |
| future | jeterai | jeteras | jetera | jeterons | jeteroiz, jetereiz, jeterez | jeteront | |
| conditional | jeteroie, jetereie | jeteroies, jetereies | jeteroit, jetereit | jeteriiens, jeteriens | jeteriiez, jeteriez | jeteroient, jetereient | |
| 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 preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | jet | jez | jet | jetons | jetez | jetent |
| imperfect | jetasse | jetasses | jetast | jetissons, jetissiens | jetissoiz, jetissez, jetissiez | jetassent | |
| 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 | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | jete | — | jetons | jetez | — | ||