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Webster 1913 Edition
Douter
Dout′er
,Noun.
An extinguisher for candles.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Douter
DOUTER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
douter
douter
See also: doûter
French
Alternative forms
- doubter (obsolete)
- doûter (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin dubitāre, present active infinitive of dubitō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du.te/
Verb
douter
- to doubt
Conjugation
Conjugation of douter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | douter | avoir douté | |||||
| gerund | en doutant | en ayant douté | |||||
| present participle | doutant /du.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | douté /du.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | doute /dut/ |
doutes /dut/ |
doute /dut/ |
doutons /du.tɔ̃/ |
doutez /du.te/ |
doutent /dut/ |
| imperfect | doutais /du.tɛ/ |
doutais /du.tɛ/ |
doutait /du.tɛ/ |
doutions /du.tjɔ̃/ |
doutiez /du.tje/ |
doutaient /du.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | doutai /du.te/ |
doutas /du.ta/ |
douta /du.ta/ |
doutâmes /du.tam/ |
doutâtes /du.tat/ |
doutèrent /du.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | douterai /du.tʁe/ |
douteras /du.tʁa/ |
doutera /du.tʁa/ |
douterons /du.tʁɔ̃/ |
douterez /du.tʁe/ |
douteront /du.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | douterais /du.tʁɛ/ |
douterais /du.tʁɛ/ |
douterait /du.tʁɛ/ |
douterions /du.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
douteriez /du.tə.ʁje/ |
douteraient /du.tʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | doute /dut/ |
doutes /dut/ |
doute /dut/ |
doutions /du.tjɔ̃/ |
doutiez /du.tje/ |
doutent /dut/ |
| imperfect1 |
doutasse /du.tas/ |
doutasses /du.tas/ |
doutât /du.ta/ |
doutassions /du.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
doutassiez /du.ta.sje/ |
doutassent /du.tas/ |
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| 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 | – | |
| — | doute /dut/ |
— | doutons /du.tɔ̃/ |
doutez /du.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Anagrams
Old French
Verb
douter
- Alternative form of doter
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 douter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | douter | avoir douté | |||||
| gerund | en doutant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | doutant | ||||||
| past participle | douté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | dout | doutes | doute | doutons | doutez | doutent |
| imperfect | doutoie, douteie, doutoe, douteve | doutoies, douteies, doutoes, douteves | doutoit, douteit, doutot, douteve | doutiiens, doutiens | doutiiez, doutiez | doutoient, douteient, doutoent, doutevent | |
| preterite | doutai | doutas | douta | doutames | doutastes | douterent | |
| future | douterai | douteras | doutera | douterons | douteroiz, doutereiz, douterez | douteront | |
| conditional | douteroie, doutereie | douteroies, doutereies | douteroit, doutereit | douteriiens, douteriens | douteriiez, douteriez | douteroient, doutereient | |
| 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 | dout | douz | dout | doutons | doutez | doutent |
| imperfect | doutasse | doutasses | doutast | doutissons, doutissiens | doutissoiz, doutissez, doutissiez | doutassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | doute | — | doutons | doutez | — | ||