diffracter
French
Etymology
From Latin diffractus (“shattered”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.fʁak.te/
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Verb
diffracter
- (transitive) to diffract
Conjugation
Conjugation of diffracter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | diffracter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | diffractant /di.fʁak.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | diffracté /di.fʁak.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | diffracte /di.fʁakt/ | diffractes /di.fʁakt/ | diffracte /di.fʁakt/ | diffractons /di.fʁak.tɔ̃/ | diffractez /di.fʁak.te/ | diffractent /di.fʁakt/ |
imperfect | diffractais /di.fʁak.tɛ/ | diffractais /di.fʁak.tɛ/ | diffractait /di.fʁak.tɛ/ | diffractions /di.fʁak.tjɔ̃/ | diffractiez /di.fʁak.tje/ | diffractaient /di.fʁak.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | diffractai /di.fʁak.te/ | diffractas /di.fʁak.ta/ | diffracta /di.fʁak.ta/ | diffractâmes /di.fʁak.tam/ | diffractâtes /di.fʁak.tat/ | diffractèrent /di.fʁak.tɛʁ/ | |
future | diffracterai /di.fʁak.tə.ʁe/ | diffracteras /di.fʁak.tə.ʁa/ | diffractera /di.fʁak.tə.ʁa/ | diffracterons /di.fʁak.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | diffracterez /di.fʁak.tə.ʁe/ | diffracteront /di.fʁak.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | diffracterais /di.fʁak.tə.ʁɛ/ | diffracterais /di.fʁak.tə.ʁɛ/ | diffracterait /di.fʁak.tə.ʁɛ/ | diffracterions /di.fʁak.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | diffracteriez /di.fʁak.tə.ʁje/ | diffracteraient /di.fʁak.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 | diffracte /di.fʁakt/ | diffractes /di.fʁakt/ | diffracte /di.fʁakt/ | diffractions /di.fʁak.tjɔ̃/ | diffractiez /di.fʁak.tje/ | diffractent /di.fʁakt/ |
imperfect2 | diffractasse /di.fʁak.tas/ | diffractasses /di.fʁak.tas/ | diffractât /di.fʁak.ta/ | diffractassions /di.fʁak.ta.sjɔ̃/ | diffractassiez /di.fʁak.ta.sje/ | diffractassent /di.fʁak.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | diffracte /di.fʁakt/ | — | diffractons /di.fʁak.tɔ̃/ | diffractez /di.fʁak.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
- diffraction
- diffractif
Further reading
- “diffracter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.