orbiter
English
Etymology
orbit + -er
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
orbiter (plural orbiters)
- An object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it.
- 2021 February 9, Kenneth Chang, “Mars Mission From the U.A.E. Begins Orbit of Red Planet”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- One day after the Hope maneuver, a Chinese spacecraft, Tianwen-1, is to also enter orbit around Mars. The Chinese mission is carrying a lander and a rover to explore a large impact basin called Utopia Planitia, but those are not to detach from the orbiter and head to the surface until May.
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- (slang, seduction community) A person who constantly hangs around with someone they are attracted to, but too shy to talk to.
- 2015, Jack N. Raven, Penetration: A Tactical Manual on Forming Deep Emotional Connections!
- The orbiters in her life in high likelihood like to talk about this and make themselves her emotional tampon and outlet.
- 2015, Jack N. Raven, Penetration: A Tactical Manual on Forming Deep Emotional Connections!
Translations
an object that orbits another
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See also
- Space Shuttle
French
Etymology
orbite + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔʁ.bi.te/
Audio (file)
Verb
orbiter
- to orbit (circle another object)
Conjugation
Conjugation of orbiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | orbiter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | orbitant /ɔʁ.bi.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | orbité /ɔʁ.bi.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | orbite /ɔʁ.bit/ | orbites /ɔʁ.bit/ | orbite /ɔʁ.bit/ | orbitons /ɔʁ.bi.tɔ̃/ | orbitez /ɔʁ.bi.te/ | orbitent /ɔʁ.bit/ |
| imperfect | orbitais /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/ | orbitais /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/ | orbitait /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/ | orbitions /ɔʁ.bi.tjɔ̃/ | orbitiez /ɔʁ.bi.tje/ | orbitaient /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | orbitai /ɔʁ.bi.te/ | orbitas /ɔʁ.bi.ta/ | orbita /ɔʁ.bi.ta/ | orbitâmes /ɔʁ.bi.tam/ | orbitâtes /ɔʁ.bi.tat/ | orbitèrent /ɔʁ.bi.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | orbiterai /ɔʁ.bi.tʁe/ | orbiteras /ɔʁ.bi.tʁa/ | orbitera /ɔʁ.bi.tʁa/ | orbiterons /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɔ̃/ | orbiterez /ɔʁ.bi.tʁe/ | orbiteront /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | orbiterais /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/ | orbiterais /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/ | orbiterait /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/ | orbiterions /ɔʁ.bi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | orbiteriez /ɔʁ.bi.tə.ʁje/ | orbiteraient /ɔʁ.bi.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 | orbite /ɔʁ.bit/ | orbites /ɔʁ.bit/ | orbite /ɔʁ.bit/ | orbitions /ɔʁ.bi.tjɔ̃/ | orbitiez /ɔʁ.bi.tje/ | orbitent /ɔʁ.bit/ |
| imperfect2 | orbitasse /ɔʁ.bi.tas/ | orbitasses /ɔʁ.bi.tas/ | orbitât /ɔʁ.bi.ta/ | orbitassions /ɔʁ.bi.ta.sjɔ̃/ | orbitassiez /ɔʁ.bi.ta.sje/ | orbitassent /ɔʁ.bi.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | orbite /ɔʁ.bit/ | — | orbitons /ɔʁ.bi.tɔ̃/ | orbitez /ɔʁ.bi.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “orbiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.