gâter
See also: gater and 'Gater
French
Etymology
From Middle French gâter, from Old French gaster, guaster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.te/, /ɡɑ.te/
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Verb
gâter
- to spoil, ruin
- (reflexive) to go bad, go off
Conjugation
Conjugation of gâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gâter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gâtant /ɡa.tɑ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gâté /ɡa.te/ or /ɡɑ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | gâte /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ | gâtes /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ | gâte /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ | gâtons /ɡa.tɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tɔ̃/ | gâtez /ɡa.te/ or /ɡɑ.te/ | gâtent /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ |
| imperfect | gâtais /ɡa.tɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tɛ/ | gâtais /ɡa.tɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tɛ/ | gâtait /ɡa.tɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tɛ/ | gâtions /ɡa.tjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tjɔ̃/ | gâtiez /ɡa.tje/ or /ɡɑ.tje/ | gâtaient /ɡa.tɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gâtai /ɡa.te/ or /ɡɑ.te/ | gâtas /ɡa.ta/ or /ɡɑ.ta/ | gâta /ɡa.ta/ or /ɡɑ.ta/ | gâtâmes /ɡa.tam/ or /ɡɑ.tam/ | gâtâtes /ɡa.tat/ or /ɡɑ.tat/ | gâtèrent /ɡa.tɛʁ/ or /ɡɑ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | gâterai /ɡa.tʁe/ or /ɡɑ.tʁe/ | gâteras /ɡa.tʁa/ or /ɡɑ.tʁa/ | gâtera /ɡa.tʁa/ or /ɡɑ.tʁa/ | gâterons /ɡa.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tʁɔ̃/ | gâterez /ɡa.tʁe/ or /ɡɑ.tʁe/ | gâteront /ɡa.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gâterais /ɡa.tʁɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tʁɛ/ | gâterais /ɡa.tʁɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tʁɛ/ | gâterait /ɡa.tʁɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tʁɛ/ | gâterions /ɡa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | gâteriez /ɡa.tə.ʁje/ or /ɡɑ.tə.ʁje/ | gâteraient /ɡa.tʁɛ/ or /ɡɑ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | gâte /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ | gâtes /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ | gâte /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ | gâtions /ɡa.tjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tjɔ̃/ | gâtiez /ɡa.tje/ or /ɡɑ.tje/ | gâtent /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ |
| imperfect2 | gâtasse /ɡa.tas/ or /ɡɑ.tas/ | gâtasses /ɡa.tas/ or /ɡɑ.tas/ | gâtât /ɡa.ta/ or /ɡɑ.ta/ | gâtassions /ɡa.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.ta.sjɔ̃/ | gâtassiez /ɡa.ta.sje/ or /ɡɑ.ta.sje/ | gâtassent /ɡa.tas/ or /ɡɑ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gâte /ɡat/ or /ɡɑt/ | — | gâtons /ɡa.tɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.tɔ̃/ | gâtez /ɡa.te/ or /ɡɑ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- enfant gâté
Related terms
- gâtine
Further reading
- “gâter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- gérât, targe