inviter
English
Etymology
invite + -er
Noun
inviter (plural inviters)
- Someone who invites.
- 2009 July 30, “For a Real Connection”, in New York Times:
- While the buyer of such an item wants a sui generis gift to impress a weekend-in-the-Hamptons inviter, how about sending that sum to the Fresh Air Fund in the hosts’ name so a child can enjoy country life, too?
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Anagrams
- vitrine
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin invītāre, present active infinitive of invītō. Compare convier and Old French envier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.vi.te/
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Verb
inviter
- to invite
- Synonym: convier
Conjugation
Conjugation of inviter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | inviter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | invitant /ɛ̃.vi.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | invité /ɛ̃.vi.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | invite /ɛ̃.vit/ | invites /ɛ̃.vit/ | invite /ɛ̃.vit/ | invitons /ɛ̃.vi.tɔ̃/ | invitez /ɛ̃.vi.te/ | invitent /ɛ̃.vit/ |
| imperfect | invitais /ɛ̃.vi.tɛ/ | invitais /ɛ̃.vi.tɛ/ | invitait /ɛ̃.vi.tɛ/ | invitions /ɛ̃.vi.tjɔ̃/ | invitiez /ɛ̃.vi.tje/ | invitaient /ɛ̃.vi.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | invitai /ɛ̃.vi.te/ | invitas /ɛ̃.vi.ta/ | invita /ɛ̃.vi.ta/ | invitâmes /ɛ̃.vi.tam/ | invitâtes /ɛ̃.vi.tat/ | invitèrent /ɛ̃.vi.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | inviterai /ɛ̃.vi.tʁe/ | inviteras /ɛ̃.vi.tʁa/ | invitera /ɛ̃.vi.tʁa/ | inviterons /ɛ̃.vi.tʁɔ̃/ | inviterez /ɛ̃.vi.tʁe/ | inviteront /ɛ̃.vi.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | inviterais /ɛ̃.vi.tʁɛ/ | inviterais /ɛ̃.vi.tʁɛ/ | inviterait /ɛ̃.vi.tʁɛ/ | inviterions /ɛ̃.vi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | inviteriez /ɛ̃.vi.tə.ʁje/ | inviteraient /ɛ̃.vi.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 | invite /ɛ̃.vit/ | invites /ɛ̃.vit/ | invite /ɛ̃.vit/ | invitions /ɛ̃.vi.tjɔ̃/ | invitiez /ɛ̃.vi.tje/ | invitent /ɛ̃.vit/ |
| imperfect2 | invitasse /ɛ̃.vi.tas/ | invitasses /ɛ̃.vi.tas/ | invitât /ɛ̃.vi.ta/ | invitassions /ɛ̃.vi.ta.sjɔ̃/ | invitassiez /ɛ̃.vi.ta.sje/ | invitassent /ɛ̃.vi.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | invite /ɛ̃.vit/ | — | invitons /ɛ̃.vi.tɔ̃/ | invitez /ɛ̃.vi.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). | |||||||
Descendants
- → Dutch: inviteren
- → Luxembourgish: invitéieren
- → Romanian: invita
Further reading
- “inviter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- vitrine
Latin
Verb
invīter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of invītō
Middle French
Verb
inviter
- to invite
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of inviter
| infinitive | simple | inviter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | invitant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | invité | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | invite | invites | invite | invitons | invitez | invitent |
| imperfect | invitois, invitoys | invitois, invitoys | invitoit, invitoyt | invitions, invityons | invitiez, invityez | invitoient, invitoyent | |
| past historic | invita | invitas | invita | invitasmes | invitastes | inviterent | |
| future | inviterai, inviteray | inviteras | invitera | inviterons | inviterez | inviteront | |
| conditional | inviterois, inviteroys | inviterois, inviteroys | inviteroit, inviteroyt | inviterions, inviteryons | inviteriez, inviteryez | inviteroient, inviteroyent | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | invite | invites | invite | invitons | invitez | invitent |
| imperfect | invitasse | invitasses | invitast | invitassions | invitassiez | invitassent | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | invite | — | invitons | invitez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
Descendants
- French: inviter
- → Dutch: inviteren
- → Luxembourgish: invitéieren
- → Romanian: invita
- → English: invite
- → Scots: inveet
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
inviter
- imperative of invitere
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
inviter
- imperative of invitera
Swedish
Noun
inviter
- indefinite plural of invit.