getter (pluralgetters)
getter (third-person singular simple presentgetters,present participlegettering,simple past and past participlegettered)
Specifically fromOld Frenchgeter, the northern variant ofjeter(“to throw”)
getter
infinitive | simple | getter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 orgerund2 | simple | gettant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | getté | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | gette | gettes | gette | gettons | gettez | gettent |
imperfect | gettois,gettoys | gettois,gettoys | gettoit,gettoyt | gettions,gettyons | gettiez,gettyez | gettoient,gettoyent | |
past historic | getta | gettas | getta | gettasmes | gettastes | getterent | |
future | getterai,getteray | getteras | gettera | getterons | getterez | getteront | |
conditional | getterois,getteroys | getterois,getteroys | getteroit,getteroyt | getterions,getteryons | getteriez,getteryez | getteroient,getteroyent | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative ofavoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | gette | gettes | gette | gettons | gettez | gettent |
imperfect | gettasse | gettasses | gettast | gettassions | gettassiez | gettassent | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | gette | — | gettons | gettez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995],Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p.179). TheFrench Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with prepositionen, as inModern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995],op. cit., p.180). |
Borrowed fromEnglishgetter orFrenchgetter.
getter n (uncountable)
singular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | getter | getterul |
genitive-dative | getter | getterului |
vocative | getterule |
getter