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éventer
éventer
See also: eventer
French
Verb
éventer
- (dated) to air, ventilate (expose to the air)
- (transitive, reflexive) to fan
- (nautical) to expose to the wind
- (reflexive, of foods) to go off, go stale, go flat
Conjugation
Conjugation of éventer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | éventer | avoir éventé | |||||
| gerund | en éventant | en ayant éventé | |||||
| present participle | éventant /e.vɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | éventé /e.vɑ̃.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 | évente /e.vɑ̃t/ |
éventes /e.vɑ̃t/ |
évente /e.vɑ̃t/ |
éventons /e.vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
éventez /e.vɑ̃.te/ |
éventent /e.vɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | éventais /e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
éventais /e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
éventait /e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
éventions /e.vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
éventiez /e.vɑ̃.tje/ |
éventaient /e.vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | éventai /e.vɑ̃.te/ |
éventas /e.vɑ̃.ta/ |
éventa /e.vɑ̃.ta/ |
éventâmes /e.vɑ̃.tam/ |
éventâtes /e.vɑ̃.tat/ |
éventèrent /e.vɑ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | éventerai /e.vɑ̃.tʁe/ |
éventeras /e.vɑ̃.tʁa/ |
éventera /e.vɑ̃.tʁa/ |
éventerons /e.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
éventerez /e.vɑ̃.tʁe/ |
éventeront /e.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | éventerais /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
éventerais /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
éventerait /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
éventerions /e.vɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éventeriez /e.vɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
éventeraient /e.vɑ̃.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 | évente /e.vɑ̃t/ |
éventes /e.vɑ̃t/ |
évente /e.vɑ̃t/ |
éventions /e.vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
éventiez /e.vɑ̃.tje/ |
éventent /e.vɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
éventasse /e.vɑ̃.tas/ |
éventasses /e.vɑ̃.tas/ |
éventât /e.vɑ̃.ta/ |
éventassions /e.vɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
éventassiez /e.vɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
éventassent /e.vɑ̃.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 | – | |
| — | évente /e.vɑ̃t/ |
— | éventons /e.vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
éventez /e.vɑ̃.te/ |
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