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Webster 1913 Edition
Interpreter
In-ter′pret-er
,Noun.
[Cf. OF.
entrepreteur
, L. interpretator
.] One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.
We think most men’s actions to be the
interpreters
of their thoughts. Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Interpreter
INTER'PRETER
,Noun.
1.
A translator; one who renders the words of one language in words of corresponding signification in another.Definition 2024
interpréter
interpréter
See also: interpreter
French
Verb
interpréter
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written interpréter-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written interprèter-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.
Conjugation of interpréter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | interpréter | avoir interprété | |||||
| gerund | en interprétant | en ayant interprété | |||||
| present participle | interprétant /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | interprété /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.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 | interprète /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/ |
interprètes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/ |
interprète /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/ |
interprétons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɔ̃/ |
interprétez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.te/ |
interprètent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/ |
| imperfect | interprétais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɛ/ |
interprétais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɛ/ |
interprétait /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɛ/ |
interprétions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tjɔ̃/ |
interprétiez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tje/ |
interprétaient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | interprétai /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.te/ |
interprétas /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta/ |
interpréta /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta/ |
interprétâmes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tam/ |
interprétâtes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tat/ |
interprétèrent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | interprèterai or interpréterai /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁe/ |
interprèteras or interpréteras /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁa/ |
interprètera or interprétera /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁa/ |
interprèterons or interpréterons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
interprèterez or interpréterez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁe/ |
interprèteront or interpréteront /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | interprèterais or interpréterais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁɛ/ |
interprèterais or interpréterais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁɛ/ |
interprèterait or interpréterait /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tʁɛ/ |
interprèterions or interpréterions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
interprèteriez or interpréteriez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.tə.ʁje/ |
interprèteraient or interpréteraient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛ.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 | interprète /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/ |
interprètes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/ |
interprète /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/ |
interprétions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tjɔ̃/ |
interprétiez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tje/ |
interprètent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
interprétasse /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tas/ |
interprétasses /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tas/ |
interprétât /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta/ |
interprétassions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
interprétassiez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.sje/ |
interprétassent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.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 | – | |
| — | interprète /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁɛt/ |
— | interprétons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.tɔ̃/ |
interprétez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.te/ |
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