allaiter
French
Etymology
From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *allactō, *allactāre, from Latin lac. Compare Portuguese aleitar, Italian allattare and Catalan alletar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.lɛ.te/, /a.le.te/
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Verb
allaiter
- (transitive) to breastfeed
- (of an animal) to suckle
Conjugation
Conjugation of allaiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | allaiter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | allaitant /a.lɛ.tɑ̃/ or /a.le.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | allaité /a.lɛ.te/ or /a.le.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | allaite /a.lɛt/ | allaites /a.lɛt/ | allaite /a.lɛt/ | allaitons /a.lɛ.tɔ̃/ or /a.le.tɔ̃/ | allaitez /a.lɛ.te/ or /a.le.te/ | allaitent /a.lɛt/ |
imperfect | allaitais /a.lɛ.tɛ/ or /a.le.tɛ/ | allaitais /a.lɛ.tɛ/ or /a.le.tɛ/ | allaitait /a.lɛ.tɛ/ or /a.le.tɛ/ | allaitions /a.lɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /a.le.tjɔ̃/ | allaitiez /a.lɛ.tje/ or /a.le.tje/ | allaitaient /a.lɛ.tɛ/ or /a.le.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | allaitai /a.lɛ.te/ or /a.le.te/ | allaitas /a.lɛ.ta/ or /a.le.ta/ | allaita /a.lɛ.ta/ or /a.le.ta/ | allaitâmes /a.lɛ.tam/ or /a.le.tam/ | allaitâtes /a.lɛ.tat/ or /a.le.tat/ | allaitèrent /a.lɛ.tɛʁ/ or /a.le.tɛʁ/ | |
future | allaiterai /a.lɛ.tʁe/ or /a.le.tʁe/ | allaiteras /a.lɛ.tʁa/ or /a.le.tʁa/ | allaitera /a.lɛ.tʁa/ or /a.le.tʁa/ | allaiterons /a.lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.le.tʁɔ̃/ | allaiterez /a.lɛ.tʁe/ or /a.le.tʁe/ | allaiteront /a.lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.le.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | allaiterais /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/ | allaiterais /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/ | allaiterait /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/ | allaiterions /a.lɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.le.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | allaiteriez /a.lɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /a.le.tə.ʁje/ | allaiteraient /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.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 | allaite /a.lɛt/ | allaites /a.lɛt/ | allaite /a.lɛt/ | allaitions /a.lɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /a.le.tjɔ̃/ | allaitiez /a.lɛ.tje/ or /a.le.tje/ | allaitent /a.lɛt/ |
imperfect2 | allaitasse /a.lɛ.tas/ or /a.le.tas/ | allaitasses /a.lɛ.tas/ or /a.le.tas/ | allaitât /a.lɛ.ta/ or /a.le.ta/ | allaitassions /a.lɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /a.le.ta.sjɔ̃/ | allaitassiez /a.lɛ.ta.sje/ or /a.le.ta.sje/ | allaitassent /a.lɛ.tas/ or /a.le.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | allaite /a.lɛt/ | — | allaitons /a.lɛ.tɔ̃/ or /a.le.tɔ̃/ | allaitez /a.lɛ.te/ or /a.le.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
- allaitement
Further reading
- “allaiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- éraillât, taillera