acater
See also: acatèr
English
Noun
acater (plural acaters)
- (obsolete) caterer
Anagrams
- caetra, carate, cerata, ectara
Norman
Alternative forms
- acataer (continental Normandy)
- acataïr (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old Northern French acater (compare Old French achater), from Vulgar Latin *accaptō, *accaptāre (“to buy”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb
acater
- (Jersey) to buy
- Antonym: vendre
Derived terms
- acateux (“buyer”)
Related terms
- acat (“purchase”)
Old French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akaˈteːr/
Verb
acater
- (Old Northern French) Alternative form of acheter
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of acater (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | acater | avoir acaté | |||||
gerund | en acatant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | acatant | ||||||
past participle | acaté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | acat | acates | acate | acatons | acatez | acatent |
imperfect | acatoie, acateie, acatoe, acateve | acatoies, acateies, acatoes, acateves | acatoit, acateit, acatot, acateve | acatiiens, acatiens | acatiiez, acatiez | acatoient, acateient, acatoent, acatevent | |
preterite | acatai | acatas | acata | acatames | acatastes | acaterent | |
future | acaterai | acateras | acatera | acaterons | acateroiz, acatereiz, acaterez | acateront | |
conditional | acateroie, acatereie | acateroies, acatereies | acateroit, acatereit | acateriiens, acateriens | acateriiez, acateriez | acateroient, acatereient | |
compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses | present | acat | acaz | acat | acatons | acatez | acatent |
imperfect | acatasse | acatasses | acatast | acatissons, acatissiens | acatissoiz, acatissez, acatissiez | acatassent | |
compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | acate | — | acatons | acatez | — |
Descendants
- Norman: acataer, acataïr; acater
- English: cater
Picard
Etymology
From Old French acater, northern variant of Old French achater, from Vulgar Latin *accaptō, *accaptāre (“to buy”).
Verb
acater
- to buy
- Ej vo-t in vile por acater queuques pétiotés coses à minger.
- I'm going in town to buy a few things to eat.
Conjugation
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infinitive | acater | ||||||
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gerund | acatint | ||||||
auxiliary | avoèr | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | acatè | acatèe | |||||
plural | acatès | acatèes | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | ej (j') | tu (t') | i (il)/ale | (n)os | os | is | |
present | acate | acates | acate | acatons | acatez | acatte | |
imperfect | acatoé | acatoés | acatoét | acatoinmes | acatoètes | acatoètte | |
future | acatrai acatro | acatros | acatro | acatrons | acatrez | acatront | |
conditional | acatroé | acatroés | acatroét | acatroinmes | acatroètes | acatroètte | |
subjunctive | qu'ej (j') | qu'tu (t') | qu'i (il)/ale | qu'(n)os | qu'os | qu'is | |
present | acate | acates | acate | acatonche | acatèche | acatte | |
imperative | — | tu | — | (n)os | os | — | |
affirmative | acate | acatons | acatez |