inciter
English
Etymology
incite + -er
Noun
inciter (plural inciters)
- One who incites.
Translations
one who incites
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Anagrams
- Citrine, citiner, citrine, crinite, neritic, retinic, tricine
French
Etymology
From Latin incitō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.si.te/
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Verb
inciter
- (transitive) to urge; to impel
Usage notes
The French term inciter is a false friend of the English incite: In English, incite has a stronger, more forceful meaning.
Conjugation
Conjugation of inciter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | inciter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | incitant /ɛ̃.si.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | incité /ɛ̃.si.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | incite /ɛ̃.sit/ | incites /ɛ̃.sit/ | incite /ɛ̃.sit/ | incitons /ɛ̃.si.tɔ̃/ | incitez /ɛ̃.si.te/ | incitent /ɛ̃.sit/ |
| imperfect | incitais /ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ | incitais /ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ | incitait /ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ | incitions /ɛ̃.si.tjɔ̃/ | incitiez /ɛ̃.si.tje/ | incitaient /ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | incitai /ɛ̃.si.te/ | incitas /ɛ̃.si.ta/ | incita /ɛ̃.si.ta/ | incitâmes /ɛ̃.si.tam/ | incitâtes /ɛ̃.si.tat/ | incitèrent /ɛ̃.si.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | inciterai /ɛ̃.si.tʁe/ | inciteras /ɛ̃.si.tʁa/ | incitera /ɛ̃.si.tʁa/ | inciterons /ɛ̃.si.tʁɔ̃/ | inciterez /ɛ̃.si.tʁe/ | inciteront /ɛ̃.si.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | inciterais /ɛ̃.si.tʁɛ/ | inciterais /ɛ̃.si.tʁɛ/ | inciterait /ɛ̃.si.tʁɛ/ | inciterions /ɛ̃.si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | inciteriez /ɛ̃.si.tə.ʁje/ | inciteraient /ɛ̃.si.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 | incite /ɛ̃.sit/ | incites /ɛ̃.sit/ | incite /ɛ̃.sit/ | incitions /ɛ̃.si.tjɔ̃/ | incitiez /ɛ̃.si.tje/ | incitent /ɛ̃.sit/ |
| imperfect2 | incitasse /ɛ̃.si.tas/ | incitasses /ɛ̃.si.tas/ | incitât /ɛ̃.si.ta/ | incitassions /ɛ̃.si.ta.sjɔ̃/ | incitassiez /ɛ̃.si.ta.sje/ | incitassent /ɛ̃.si.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | incite /ɛ̃.sit/ | — | incitons /ɛ̃.si.tɔ̃/ | incitez /ɛ̃.si.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
- incitation
Further reading
- “inciter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
inciter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of incitō