infester
English
Etymology
infest + -er
Noun
infester (plural infesters)
- something that infests.
Anagrams
- feinters, ferniest, reinfest
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
infester
- to infest
Conjugation
Conjugation of infester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | infester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | infestant /ɛ̃.fɛs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | infesté /ɛ̃.fɛs.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | infeste /ɛ̃.fɛst/ | infestes /ɛ̃.fɛst/ | infeste /ɛ̃.fɛst/ | infestons /ɛ̃.fɛs.tɔ̃/ | infestez /ɛ̃.fɛs.te/ | infestent /ɛ̃.fɛst/ |
| imperfect | infestais /ɛ̃.fɛs.tɛ/ | infestais /ɛ̃.fɛs.tɛ/ | infestait /ɛ̃.fɛs.tɛ/ | infestions /ɛ̃.fɛs.tjɔ̃/ | infestiez /ɛ̃.fɛs.tje/ | infestaient /ɛ̃.fɛs.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | infestai /ɛ̃.fɛs.te/ | infestas /ɛ̃.fɛs.ta/ | infesta /ɛ̃.fɛs.ta/ | infestâmes /ɛ̃.fɛs.tam/ | infestâtes /ɛ̃.fɛs.tat/ | infestèrent /ɛ̃.fɛs.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | infesterai /ɛ̃.fɛs.tə.ʁe/ | infesteras /ɛ̃.fɛs.tə.ʁa/ | infestera /ɛ̃.fɛs.tə.ʁa/ | infesterons /ɛ̃.fɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | infesterez /ɛ̃.fɛs.tə.ʁe/ | infesteront /ɛ̃.fɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | infesterais /ɛ̃.fɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | infesterais /ɛ̃.fɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | infesterait /ɛ̃.fɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | infesterions /ɛ̃.fɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | infesteriez /ɛ̃.fɛs.tə.ʁje/ | infesteraient /ɛ̃.fɛs.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 | infeste /ɛ̃.fɛst/ | infestes /ɛ̃.fɛst/ | infeste /ɛ̃.fɛst/ | infestions /ɛ̃.fɛs.tjɔ̃/ | infestiez /ɛ̃.fɛs.tje/ | infestent /ɛ̃.fɛst/ |
| imperfect2 | infestasse /ɛ̃.fɛs.tas/ | infestasses /ɛ̃.fɛs.tas/ | infestât /ɛ̃.fɛs.ta/ | infestassions /ɛ̃.fɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ | infestassiez /ɛ̃.fɛs.ta.sje/ | infestassent /ɛ̃.fɛs.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | infeste /ɛ̃.fɛst/ | — | infestons /ɛ̃.fɛs.tɔ̃/ | infestez /ɛ̃.fɛs.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
- infestation
Descendants
- → Romanian: infesta
Further reading
- “infester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- festiner
Latin
Verb
īnfēster
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of īnfēstō