tempter

English

Etymology

From Middle English tempter, temptere, temptour, temptoure, from Old French tempter, temptere, tenteor, Anglo-Norman tempteour, temptur and Middle English tempten (“to tempt”); equivalent to tempt +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tempter (plural tempters)

1. Someone or something that tempts.
2. A seducer, especially a man who seduces.

   He is a tempter of married women.

Related terms

• temptress

Translations

Someone that tempts

• Bulgarian: изкусител (bg) m (izkusitel)
• Catalan: temptador m, temptadora f
• French: tentateur (fr) m
• German: Verführer (de), Versucher (de)
• Italian: tentatore (it) m
• Polish: kusiciel (pl) m pers

Male seducer

• Bulgarian: съблазнител (bg) m (sǎblaznitel)
• Catalan: seductor m
• Polish: uwodziciel (pl) m

Latin

Verb

tempter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of temptō

Old French

Alternative forms

• tenter, tanter

Etymology

From Latin temptō.

Verb

tempter

1. to tempt; to act as a temptation
   • c. 1110,, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:

     Li tierz de vus mult ert temptez

     A third of you were very tempted

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of tempter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tempter			avoir tempté
gerund		en temptant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		temptant
past participle		tempté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	tempte	temptes	tempte	temptons	temptez	temptent
	imperfect	temptoie, tempteie, temptoe, tempteve	temptoies, tempteies, temptoes, tempteves	temptoit, tempteit, temptot, tempteve	temptiiens, temptiens	temptiiez, temptiez	temptoient, tempteient, temptoent, temptevent
	preterite	temptai	temptas	tempta	temptames	temptastes	tempterent
	future	tempterai	tempteras	temptera	tempterons	tempteroiz, temptereiz, tempterez	tempteront
	conditional	tempteroie, temptereie	tempteroies, temptereies	tempteroit, temptereit	tempteriiens, tempteriens	tempteriiez, tempteriez	tempteroient, temptereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	tempte	temptes	tempte	temptons	temptez	temptent
	imperfect	temptasse	temptasses	temptast	temptissons, temptissiens	temptissoiz, temptissez, temptissiez	temptassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	tempte	—	temptons	temptez	—

Descendants

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