guetter
French
Etymology
From Old French gaitier, guaitier, from Old Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”). Compare English wait, ultimately from the same origin through an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛ.te/, /ɡe.te/
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Verb
guetter
- (transitive) to watch (intently), watch for, be on the lookout for
Conjugation
Conjugation of guetter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | guetter | avoir guetté | |||||
| gerund | en guettant | en ayant guetté | |||||
| present participle | guettant /ɡɛ.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | guetté /ɡɛ.te/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | guette /ɡɛt/ |
guettes /ɡɛt/ |
guette /ɡɛt/ |
guettons /ɡɛ.tɔ̃/ |
guettez /ɡɛ.te/ |
guettent /ɡɛt/ |
| imperfect | guettais /ɡɛ.tɛ/ |
guettais /ɡɛ.tɛ/ |
guettait /ɡɛ.tɛ/ |
guettions /ɡɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
guettiez /ɡɛ.tje/ |
guettaient /ɡɛ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | guettai /ɡɛ.te/ |
guettas /ɡɛ.ta/ |
guetta /ɡɛ.ta/ |
guettâmes /ɡɛ.tam/ |
guettâtes /ɡɛ.tat/ |
guettèrent /ɡɛ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | guetterai /ɡɛ.tʁe/ |
guetteras /ɡɛ.tʁa/ |
guettera /ɡɛ.tʁa/ |
guetterons /ɡɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
guetterez /ɡɛ.tʁe/ |
guetteront /ɡɛ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | guetterais /ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ |
guetterais /ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ |
guetterait /ɡɛ.tʁɛ/ |
guetterions /ɡɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
guetteriez /ɡɛ.tə.ʁje/ |
guetteraient /ɡɛ.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 | guette /ɡɛt/ |
guettes /ɡɛt/ |
guette /ɡɛt/ |
guettions /ɡɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
guettiez /ɡɛ.tje/ |
guettent /ɡɛt/ |
| imperfect1 | guettasse /ɡɛ.tas/ |
guettasses /ɡɛ.tas/ |
guettât /ɡɛ.ta/ |
guettassions /ɡɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
guettassiez /ɡɛ.ta.sje/ |
guettassent /ɡɛ.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 | – | |
| — | guette /ɡɛt/ |
— | guettons /ɡɛ.tɔ̃/ |
guettez /ɡɛ.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “guetter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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