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opter
opter
English
Noun
opter (plural opters)
- One who opts, or makes a choice.
- 2012, Jeff Sellars, Light Shining in a Dark Place (page 50)
- Hannibal Lecter is one of many in the gallery of cinema villains and unrepentant opters for evil who remind us that the only place where they will be at home is **** or the void.
- 2012, Jeff Sellars, Light Shining in a Dark Place (page 50)
French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin optāre, present active infinitive of optō (“I choose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔp.te/
Verb
opter
- to opt
Conjugation
Conjugation of opter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | opter | avoir opté | |||||
| gerund | en optant | en ayant opté | |||||
| present participle | optant /ɔp.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | opté /ɔp.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 | opte /ɔpt/ |
optes /ɔpt/ |
opte /ɔpt/ |
optons /ɔp.tɔ̃/ |
optez /ɔp.te/ |
optent /ɔpt/ |
| imperfect | optais /ɔp.tɛ/ |
optais /ɔp.tɛ/ |
optait /ɔp.tɛ/ |
options /ɔp.tjɔ̃/ |
optiez /ɔp.tje/ |
optaient /ɔp.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | optai /ɔp.te/ |
optas /ɔp.ta/ |
opta /ɔp.ta/ |
optâmes /ɔp.tam/ |
optâtes /ɔp.tat/ |
optèrent /ɔp.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | opterai /ɔp.tə.ʁe/ |
opteras /ɔp.tə.ʁa/ |
optera /ɔp.tə.ʁa/ |
opterons /ɔp.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
opterez /ɔp.tə.ʁe/ |
opteront /ɔp.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | opterais /ɔp.tə.ʁɛ/ |
opterais /ɔp.tə.ʁɛ/ |
opterait /ɔp.tə.ʁɛ/ |
opterions /ɔp.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
opteriez /ɔp.tə.ʁje/ |
opteraient /ɔp.tə.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | opte /ɔpt/ |
optes /ɔpt/ |
opte /ɔpt/ |
options /ɔp.tjɔ̃/ |
optiez /ɔp.tje/ |
optent /ɔpt/ |
| imperfect1 |
optasse /ɔp.tas/ |
optasses /ɔp.tas/ |
optât /ɔp.ta/ |
optassions /ɔp.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
optassiez /ɔp.ta.sje/ |
optassent /ɔp.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 | – | |
| — | opte /ɔpt/ |
— | optons /ɔp.tɔ̃/ |
optez /ɔp.te/ |
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