capter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin captō.

Verb

capter

1. to capture, to catch, to pick up
2. to detect, to sense, to receive (Note: capteur means sensor)
3. (informal) to understand

   On dirait qu'il a rien capté de c'que j'lui ai raconté.

Synonyms

• (informal: to understand): piger

Derived terms

• capteur

Conjugation

   Conjugation of capter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		capter			avoir capté
gerund		en captant			en ayant capté
present participle		captant
past participle		capté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	capte	captes	capte	captons	captez	captent
	imperfect	captais	captais	captait	captions	captiez	captaient
	past historic1	captai	captas	capta	captâmes	captâtes	captèrent
	future	capterai	capteras	captera	capterons	capterez	capteront
	conditional	capterais	capterais	capterait	capterions	capteriez	capteraient
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	capte	captes	capte	captions	captiez	captent
	imperfect1	captasse	captasses	captât	captassions	captassiez	captassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	capte	—	captons	captez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

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Latin

Verb

capter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of captō