fretter
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English fretere (“that which frets, devours, or corrodes”), equivalent to fret + -er.
Noun
editfretter (plural fretters)
- One who or that which frets.
Derived terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom frette.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editfretter
Conjugation
editConjugation of fretter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | fretter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | frettant /fʁɛ.tɑ̃/ or /fʁe.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | fretté /fʁɛ.te/ or /fʁe.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | frette /fʁɛt/ |
frettes /fʁɛt/ |
frette /fʁɛt/ |
frettons /fʁɛ.tɔ̃/ or /fʁe.tɔ̃/ |
frettez /fʁɛ.te/ or /fʁe.te/ |
frettent /fʁɛt/ |
| imperfect | frettais /fʁɛ.tɛ/ or /fʁe.tɛ/ |
frettais /fʁɛ.tɛ/ or /fʁe.tɛ/ |
frettait /fʁɛ.tɛ/ or /fʁe.tɛ/ |
frettions /fʁɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /fʁe.tjɔ̃/ |
frettiez /fʁɛ.tje/ or /fʁe.tje/ |
frettaient /fʁɛ.tɛ/ or /fʁe.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | frettai /fʁɛ.te/ or /fʁe.te/ |
frettas /fʁɛ.ta/ or /fʁe.ta/ |
fretta /fʁɛ.ta/ or /fʁe.ta/ |
frettâmes /fʁɛ.tam/ or /fʁe.tam/ |
frettâtes /fʁɛ.tat/ or /fʁe.tat/ |
frettèrent /fʁɛ.tɛʁ/ or /fʁe.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | fretterai /fʁɛ.tʁe/ or /fʁe.tʁe/ |
fretteras /fʁɛ.tʁa/ or /fʁe.tʁa/ |
frettera /fʁɛ.tʁa/ or /fʁe.tʁa/ |
fretterons /fʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /fʁe.tʁɔ̃/ |
fretterez /fʁɛ.tʁe/ or /fʁe.tʁe/ |
fretteront /fʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /fʁe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | fretterais /fʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fʁe.tʁɛ/ |
fretterais /fʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fʁe.tʁɛ/ |
fretterait /fʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fʁe.tʁɛ/ |
fretterions /fʁɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fʁe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fretteriez /fʁɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /fʁe.tə.ʁje/ |
fretteraient /fʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fʁe.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 | frette /fʁɛt/ |
frettes /fʁɛt/ |
frette /fʁɛt/ |
frettions /fʁɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /fʁe.tjɔ̃/ |
frettiez /fʁɛ.tje/ or /fʁe.tje/ |
frettent /fʁɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | frettasse /fʁɛ.tas/ or /fʁe.tas/ |
frettasses /fʁɛ.tas/ or /fʁe.tas/ |
frettât /fʁɛ.ta/ or /fʁe.ta/ |
frettassions /fʁɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /fʁe.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
frettassiez /fʁɛ.ta.sje/ or /fʁe.ta.sje/ |
frettassent /fʁɛ.tas/ or /fʁe.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | frette /fʁɛt/ |
— | frettons /fʁɛ.tɔ̃/ or /fʁe.tɔ̃/ |
frettez /fʁɛ.te/ or /fʁe.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “fretter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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