éventer
See also: eventer
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *exventāre, from Latin ventus (“wind”). By surface analysis, é- + vent + -er. Compare Occitan esventar.
Pronunciation
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Verb
éventer
- (dated) to air, ventilate (expose to the air)
- (transitive, reflexive) to fan
- (nautical) to expose to the wind
- (reflexive, of foods) to go off, go stale, go flat
Conjugation
Conjugation of éventer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | éventer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | éventant /e.vɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | éventé /e.vɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | évente /e.vɑ̃t/ | éventes /e.vɑ̃t/ | évente /e.vɑ̃t/ | éventons /e.vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ | éventez /e.vɑ̃.te/ | éventent /e.vɑ̃t/ |
imperfect | éventais /e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ | éventais /e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ | éventait /e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ | éventions /e.vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ | éventiez /e.vɑ̃.tje/ | éventaient /e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | éventai /e.vɑ̃.te/ | éventas /e.vɑ̃.ta/ | éventa /e.vɑ̃.ta/ | éventâmes /e.vɑ̃.tam/ | éventâtes /e.vɑ̃.tat/ | éventèrent /e.vɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
future | éventerai /e.vɑ̃.tʁe/ | éventeras /e.vɑ̃.tʁa/ | éventera /e.vɑ̃.tʁa/ | éventerons /e.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | éventerez /e.vɑ̃.tʁe/ | éventeront /e.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | éventerais /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | éventerais /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | éventerait /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | éventerions /e.vɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | éventeriez /e.vɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ | éventeraient /e.vɑ̃.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 | évente /e.vɑ̃t/ | éventes /e.vɑ̃t/ | évente /e.vɑ̃t/ | éventions /e.vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ | éventiez /e.vɑ̃.tje/ | éventent /e.vɑ̃t/ |
imperfect2 | éventasse /e.vɑ̃.tas/ | éventasses /e.vɑ̃.tas/ | éventât /e.vɑ̃.ta/ | éventassions /e.vɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ | éventassiez /e.vɑ̃.ta.sje/ | éventassent /e.vɑ̃.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | évente /e.vɑ̃t/ | — | éventons /e.vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ | éventez /e.vɑ̃.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). |
References
- “éventer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- éventre, éventré, revente