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zester
zester
English
A zester
Noun
zester (plural zesters)
- A kitchen implement used to remove the zest of citrus fruit.
Translations
kitchen implement
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɛs.te/
Verb
zester
- to zest
Conjugation
Conjugation of zester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | zester | avoir zesté | |||||
| gerund | en zestant | en ayant zesté | |||||
| present participle | zestant /zɛs.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | zesté /zɛs.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 | zeste /zɛst/ |
zestes /zɛst/ |
zeste /zɛst/ |
zestons /zɛs.tɔ̃/ |
zestez /zɛs.te/ |
zestent /zɛst/ |
| imperfect | zestais /zɛs.tɛ/ |
zestais /zɛs.tɛ/ |
zestait /zɛs.tɛ/ |
zestions /zɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
zestiez /zɛs.tje/ |
zestaient /zɛs.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | zestai /zɛs.te/ |
zestas /zɛs.ta/ |
zesta /zɛs.ta/ |
zestâmes /zɛs.tam/ |
zestâtes /zɛs.tat/ |
zestèrent /zɛs.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | zesterai /zɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
zesteras /zɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
zestera /zɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
zesterons /zɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
zesterez /zɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
zesteront /zɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | zesterais /zɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
zesterais /zɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
zesterait /zɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
zesterions /zɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
zesteriez /zɛs.tə.ʁje/ |
zesteraient /zɛs.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 | zeste /zɛst/ |
zestes /zɛst/ |
zeste /zɛst/ |
zestions /zɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
zestiez /zɛs.tje/ |
zestent /zɛst/ |
| imperfect1 |
zestasse /zɛs.tas/ |
zestasses /zɛs.tas/ |
zestât /zɛs.ta/ |
zestassions /zɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
zestassiez /zɛs.ta.sje/ |
zestassent /zɛs.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 | – | |
| — | zeste /zɛst/ |
— | zestons /zɛs.tɔ̃/ |
zestez /zɛs.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||