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Webster 1913 Edition
Inventer
In-vent′er
,Noun.
One who invents.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inventer
INVENT'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
inventer
inventer
French
Etymology
From inventeur, or formed from Latin inventus.
Pronunciation
Verb
inventer
Conjugation
Conjugation of inventer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | inventer | avoir inventé | |||||
| gerund | en inventant | en ayant inventé | |||||
| present participle | inventant /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | inventé /ɛ̃.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 | invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
inventes /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
inventons /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
inventez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te/ |
inventent /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | inventais /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
inventais /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
inventait /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
inventions /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
inventiez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tje/ |
inventaient /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | inventai /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te/ |
inventas /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta/ |
inventa /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta/ |
inventâmes /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tam/ |
inventâtes /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tat/ |
inventèrent /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | inventerai /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁe/ |
inventeras /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁa/ |
inventera /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁa/ |
inventerons /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
inventerez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁe/ |
inventeront /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | inventerais /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
inventerais /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
inventerait /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
inventerions /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
inventeriez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
inventeraient /ɛ̃.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 | invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
inventes /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
inventions /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
inventiez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tje/ |
inventent /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
inventasse /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tas/ |
inventasses /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tas/ |
inventât /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta/ |
inventassions /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
inventassiez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
inventassent /ɛ̃.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 | – | |
| — | invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/ |
— | inventons /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
inventez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te/ |
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