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hanter
hanter
French
Etymology
From Middle French hanter, from Old French hanter (“to frequent, abide in one place”), from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; provide a home for; house”) or Old Norse heimta (“to bring home”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to bring home, house”). More at haunt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.te/
Verb
hanter
Conjugation
Conjugation of hanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | hanter | avoir hanté | |||||
| gerund | en hantant | en ayant hanté | |||||
| present participle | hantant /ɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | hanté /ɑ̃.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 | hante /ɑ̃t/ |
hantes /ɑ̃t/ |
hante /ɑ̃t/ |
hantons /ɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
hantez /ɑ̃.te/ |
hantent /ɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | hantais /ɑ̃.tɛ/ |
hantais /ɑ̃.tɛ/ |
hantait /ɑ̃.tɛ/ |
hantions /ɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
hantiez /ɑ̃.tje/ |
hantaient /ɑ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | hantai /ɑ̃.te/ |
hantas /ɑ̃.ta/ |
hanta /ɑ̃.ta/ |
hantâmes /ɑ̃.tam/ |
hantâtes /ɑ̃.tat/ |
hantèrent /ɑ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | hanterai /ɑ̃.tʁe/ |
hanteras /ɑ̃.tʁa/ |
hantera /ɑ̃.tʁa/ |
hanterons /ɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
hanterez /ɑ̃.tʁe/ |
hanteront /ɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | hanterais /ɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
hanterais /ɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
hanterait /ɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
hanterions /ɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
hanteriez /ɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
hanteraient /ɑ̃.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 | hante /ɑ̃t/ |
hantes /ɑ̃t/ |
hante /ɑ̃t/ |
hantions /ɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
hantiez /ɑ̃.tje/ |
hantent /ɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
hantasse /ɑ̃.tas/ |
hantasses /ɑ̃.tas/ |
hantât /ɑ̃.ta/ |
hantassions /ɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
hantassiez /ɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
hantassent /ɑ̃.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 | – | |
| — | hante /ɑ̃t/ |
— | hantons /ɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
hantez /ɑ̃.te/ |
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Norman
Etymology
From Old French hanter (“to frequent, abide in one place”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, house”) or more likely, from Old English hāmettan (“to house”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to bring home, house”).
Pronunciation
Verb
hanter
- (Jersey) to haunt
- 2010, Le Don Balleine, Mêfie-Te Des Monstres:
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Nou dit u'chu c'mîn est hanté... par la vioge
- We say that the road is haunted... by the evil spirit
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Nou dit u'chu c'mîn est hanté... par la vioge
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Synonyms
Related terms
- vîsionnée (“haunted”)