acquitter
English
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for acquitter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Etymology
Noun
acquitter (plural acquitters)
References
- acquitter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ki.te/
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Verb
acquitter
- to pay
- to acknowledge (a signal), to notify the receipt of
- (law) to clear, to acquit
- (reflexive, s'acquitter) to pay
- (reflexive, s'acquitter, ~ de) to discharge, to complete (one's duty)
- La jeune femme fit de réels efforts pour s'acquitter sérieusement de la corvée.
- The young woman made real serious efforts to finish her chores.
- La jeune femme fit de réels efforts pour s'acquitter sérieusement de la corvée.
Conjugation
Conjugation of acquitter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | acquitter | avoir acquitté | |||||
| gerund | en acquittant | en ayant acquitté | |||||
| present participle | acquittant /a.ki.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | acquitté /a.ki.te/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | acquitte /a.kit/ |
acquittes /a.kit/ |
acquitte /a.kit/ |
acquittons /a.ki.tɔ̃/ |
acquittez /a.ki.te/ |
acquittent /a.kit/ |
| imperfect | acquittais /a.ki.tɛ/ |
acquittais /a.ki.tɛ/ |
acquittait /a.ki.tɛ/ |
acquittions /a.ki.tjɔ̃/ |
acquittiez /a.ki.tje/ |
acquittaient /a.ki.tɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | acquittai /a.ki.te/ |
acquittas /a.ki.ta/ |
acquitta /a.ki.ta/ |
acquittâmes /a.ki.tam/ |
acquittâtes /a.ki.tat/ |
acquittèrent /a.ki.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | acquitterai /a.ki.tʁe/ |
acquitteras /a.ki.tʁa/ |
acquittera /a.ki.tʁa/ |
acquitterons /a.ki.tʁɔ̃/ |
acquitterez /a.ki.tʁe/ |
acquitteront /a.ki.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | acquitterais /a.ki.tʁɛ/ |
acquitterais /a.ki.tʁɛ/ |
acquitterait /a.ki.tʁɛ/ |
acquitterions /a.ki.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
acquitteriez /a.ki.tə.ʁje/ |
acquitteraient /a.ki.tʁɛ/ | |
| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | acquitte /a.kit/ |
acquittes /a.kit/ |
acquitte /a.kit/ |
acquittions /a.ki.tjɔ̃/ |
acquittiez /a.ki.tje/ |
acquittent /a.kit/ |
| imperfect1 | acquittasse /a.ki.tas/ |
acquittasses /a.ki.tas/ |
acquittât /a.ki.ta/ |
acquittassions /a.ki.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
acquittassiez /a.ki.ta.sje/ |
acquittassent /a.ki.tas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | acquitte /a.kit/ |
— | acquittons /a.ki.tɔ̃/ |
acquittez /a.ki.te/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “acquitter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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