été

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old French esté, from Latin aestas.

[edit] Noun

été m. (plural étés)

  1. summer
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[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin status, past participle of stare (which was conflated with esse in French).

[edit] Verb

été (intransitive, hence invariant)

  1. Past participle of être
    • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
      Aussi essayait-il [d']accommoder [un nom à con cheval] qui désignât ce qu’il avait été avant d’entrer dans la chevalerie errante, et ce qu’il était alors.
      He tried to accommodate [a name for his horse] that would designate what he had been before entering into knight-errantry, and what he was currently.
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