consulter
English
Etymology
consult + -er
Noun
consulter (plural consulters)
- One who consults, or asks counsel or information.
Related terms
- consultant, consultor
Further reading
- consulter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- reconsult
French
Etymology
From Latin consulto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.syl.te/
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Verb
consulter
- to consult
- Demain matin, j'irai consulter mon médecin. Tomorrow morning I am going to consult my doctor.
- to refer to
Conjugation
Conjugation of consulter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | consulter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | consultant /kɔ̃.syl.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | consulté /kɔ̃.syl.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | consulte /kɔ̃.sylt/ | consultes /kɔ̃.sylt/ | consulte /kɔ̃.sylt/ | consultons /kɔ̃.syl.tɔ̃/ | consultez /kɔ̃.syl.te/ | consultent /kɔ̃.sylt/ |
| imperfect | consultais /kɔ̃.syl.tɛ/ | consultais /kɔ̃.syl.tɛ/ | consultait /kɔ̃.syl.tɛ/ | consultions /kɔ̃.syl.tjɔ̃/ | consultiez /kɔ̃.syl.tje/ | consultaient /kɔ̃.syl.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | consultai /kɔ̃.syl.te/ | consultas /kɔ̃.syl.ta/ | consulta /kɔ̃.syl.ta/ | consultâmes /kɔ̃.syl.tam/ | consultâtes /kɔ̃.syl.tat/ | consultèrent /kɔ̃.syl.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | consulterai /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁe/ | consulteras /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁa/ | consultera /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁa/ | consulterons /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | consulterez /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁe/ | consulteront /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | consulterais /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɛ/ | consulterais /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɛ/ | consulterait /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɛ/ | consulterions /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | consulteriez /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁje/ | consulteraient /kɔ̃.syl.tə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | consulte /kɔ̃.sylt/ | consultes /kɔ̃.sylt/ | consulte /kɔ̃.sylt/ | consultions /kɔ̃.syl.tjɔ̃/ | consultiez /kɔ̃.syl.tje/ | consultent /kɔ̃.sylt/ |
| imperfect2 | consultasse /kɔ̃.syl.tas/ | consultasses /kɔ̃.syl.tas/ | consultât /kɔ̃.syl.ta/ | consultassions /kɔ̃.syl.ta.sjɔ̃/ | consultassiez /kɔ̃.syl.ta.sje/ | consultassent /kɔ̃.syl.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | consulte /kɔ̃.sylt/ | — | consultons /kɔ̃.syl.tɔ̃/ | consultez /kɔ̃.syl.te/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- consultation
Further reading
- “consulter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
cōnsulter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnsultō