attester
English
Alternative forms
- attestor
Etymology
attest + -er
Noun
attester (plural attesters)
- One who attests.
Translations
one who attests
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Anagrams
- ratettes, reattest, tetrates, treatest
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin attestor, attestari.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.tɛs.te/
Audio (file) - Homophones: attesté, attestée, attestées, attestés, attestez
Verb
attester
- to attest; to support with evidence
Conjugation
Conjugation of attester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | attester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | attestant /a.tɛs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | attesté /a.tɛs.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | atteste /a.tɛst/ | attestes /a.tɛst/ | atteste /a.tɛst/ | attestons /a.tɛs.tɔ̃/ | attestez /a.tɛs.te/ | attestent /a.tɛst/ |
| imperfect | attestais /a.tɛs.tɛ/ | attestais /a.tɛs.tɛ/ | attestait /a.tɛs.tɛ/ | attestions /a.tɛs.tjɔ̃/ | attestiez /a.tɛs.tje/ | attestaient /a.tɛs.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | attestai /a.tɛs.te/ | attestas /a.tɛs.ta/ | attesta /a.tɛs.ta/ | attestâmes /a.tɛs.tam/ | attestâtes /a.tɛs.tat/ | attestèrent /a.tɛs.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | attesterai /a.tɛs.tə.ʁe/ | attesteras /a.tɛs.tə.ʁa/ | attestera /a.tɛs.tə.ʁa/ | attesterons /a.tɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | attesterez /a.tɛs.tə.ʁe/ | attesteront /a.tɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | attesterais /a.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | attesterais /a.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | attesterait /a.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | attesterions /a.tɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | attesteriez /a.tɛs.tə.ʁje/ | attesteraient /a.tɛs.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 | atteste /a.tɛst/ | attestes /a.tɛst/ | atteste /a.tɛst/ | attestions /a.tɛs.tjɔ̃/ | attestiez /a.tɛs.tje/ | attestent /a.tɛst/ |
| imperfect2 | attestasse /a.tɛs.tas/ | attestasses /a.tɛs.tas/ | attestât /a.tɛs.ta/ | attestassions /a.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ | attestassiez /a.tɛs.ta.sje/ | attestassent /a.tɛs.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | atteste /a.tɛst/ | — | attestons /a.tɛs.tɔ̃/ | attestez /a.tɛs.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- attestataire
Further reading
- “attester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
attester
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of attestor
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
attester m
- indefinite plural of attest
Swedish
Noun
attester
- indefinite plural of attest.