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orbiter
orbiter
English
Noun
orbiter (plural orbiters)
- An object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it.
- (slang) A person who constantly hangs around with someone they are attracted to, but too shy to talk to.
See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔʁ.bi.te/
Verb
orbiter
- to orbit (circle another object)
Conjugation
Conjugation of orbiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | orbiter | avoir orbité | |||||
| gerund | en orbitant | en ayant orbité | |||||
| present participle | orbitant /ɔʁ.bi.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | orbité /ɔʁ.bi.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 | orbite /ɔʁ.bit/ |
orbites /ɔʁ.bit/ |
orbite /ɔʁ.bit/ |
orbitons /ɔʁ.bi.tɔ̃/ |
orbitez /ɔʁ.bi.te/ |
orbitent /ɔʁ.bit/ |
| imperfect | orbitais /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/ |
orbitais /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/ |
orbitait /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/ |
orbitions /ɔʁ.bi.tjɔ̃/ |
orbitiez /ɔʁ.bi.tje/ |
orbitaient /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | orbitai /ɔʁ.bi.te/ |
orbitas /ɔʁ.bi.ta/ |
orbita /ɔʁ.bi.ta/ |
orbitâmes /ɔʁ.bi.tam/ |
orbitâtes /ɔʁ.bi.tat/ |
orbitèrent /ɔʁ.bi.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | orbiterai /ɔʁ.bi.tʁe/ |
orbiteras /ɔʁ.bi.tʁa/ |
orbitera /ɔʁ.bi.tʁa/ |
orbiterons /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɔ̃/ |
orbiterez /ɔʁ.bi.tʁe/ |
orbiteront /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | orbiterais /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/ |
orbiterais /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/ |
orbiterait /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/ |
orbiterions /ɔʁ.bi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
orbiteriez /ɔʁ.bi.tə.ʁje/ |
orbiteraient /ɔʁ.bi.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 | orbite /ɔʁ.bit/ |
orbites /ɔʁ.bit/ |
orbite /ɔʁ.bit/ |
orbitions /ɔʁ.bi.tjɔ̃/ |
orbitiez /ɔʁ.bi.tje/ |
orbitent /ɔʁ.bit/ |
| imperfect1 |
orbitasse /ɔʁ.bi.tas/ |
orbitasses /ɔʁ.bi.tas/ |
orbitât /ɔʁ.bi.ta/ |
orbitassions /ɔʁ.bi.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
orbitassiez /ɔʁ.bi.ta.sje/ |
orbitassent /ɔʁ.bi.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 | – | |
| — | orbite /ɔʁ.bit/ |
— | orbitons /ɔʁ.bi.tɔ̃/ |
orbitez /ɔʁ.bi.te/ |
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