miter
See also: mitër
English
Alternative forms
- mitre
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ.təɹ/, /ˈmit.əɹ/
- Hyphenation: mi‧ter, mit‧er
Verb
miter (third-person singular simple present miters, present participle mitering, simple past and past participle mitered)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of mitre (“to unite at an angle of 45°”)
Noun
miter (plural miters)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of mitre
Anagrams
- Terim, ermit, merit, mitre, remit, timer
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
miter
- (reflexive, se miter) to be eaten by mites or moths
- to construct buildings in an unregulated pattern
Conjugation
Conjugation of miter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | miter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | mitant /mi.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | mité /mi.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | mite /mit/ | mites /mit/ | mite /mit/ | mitons /mi.tɔ̃/ | mitez /mi.te/ | mitent /mit/ |
| imperfect | mitais /mi.tɛ/ | mitais /mi.tɛ/ | mitait /mi.tɛ/ | mitions /mi.tjɔ̃/ | mitiez /mi.tje/ | mitaient /mi.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | mitai /mi.te/ | mitas /mi.ta/ | mita /mi.ta/ | mitâmes /mi.tam/ | mitâtes /mi.tat/ | mitèrent /mi.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | miterai /mi.tʁe/ | miteras /mi.tʁa/ | mitera /mi.tʁa/ | miterons /mi.tʁɔ̃/ | miterez /mi.tʁe/ | miteront /mi.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | miterais /mi.tʁɛ/ | miterais /mi.tʁɛ/ | miterait /mi.tʁɛ/ | miterions /mi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | miteriez /mi.tə.ʁje/ | miteraient /mi.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 | mite /mit/ | mites /mit/ | mite /mit/ | mitions /mi.tjɔ̃/ | mitiez /mi.tje/ | mitent /mit/ |
| imperfect2 | mitasse /mi.tas/ | mitasses /mi.tas/ | mitât /mi.ta/ | mitassions /mi.ta.sjɔ̃/ | mitassiez /mi.ta.sje/ | mitassent /mi.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mite /mit/ | — | mitons /mi.tɔ̃/ | mitez /mi.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
- mitage
- mite
Further reading
- “miter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
miter
- Alternative form of mytre