hâter

See also hater

French

Etymology

From hâte.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA: /ɑte/, X-SAMPA: /A.te/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: hâtai, hâté, hâtée, hâtées, hâtés, hâtez

Verb

hâter

1. (transitive) to speed up, hasten
2. (reflexive) to hurry
   • 1820, Alphonse de Lamartine, “Le Lac”, in Premières méditations poétiques^{fr.Wikisource}:

     « Aimons donc, aimons donc ! de l’heure fugitive, ¶ Hâtons-nous, jouissons ! ¶ L’homme n’a point de port, le temps n’a point de rive ; ¶ Il coule, et nous passons ! »

     Let's love, then, let's love, then! from fleeing time ¶ Let's hurry, let's enjoy! ¶ Man has no port, time no banks ¶ It flows, and we pass through!"

Conjugation

   Conjugation of hâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		hâter			avoir or être hâté
gerund		en hâtant			en ayant hâté or en étant hâté
present participle		hâtant
past participle		hâté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	hâte	hâtes	hâte	hâtons	hâtez	hâtent
	imperfect	hâtais	hâtais	hâtait	hâtions	hâtiez	hâtaient
	past historic1	hâtai	hâtas	hâta	hâtâmes	hâtâtes	hâtèrent
	future	hâterai	hâteras	hâtera	hâterons	hâterez	hâteront
	conditional	hâterais	hâterais	hâterait	hâterions	hâteriez	hâteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	hâte	hâtes	hâte	hâtions	hâtiez	hâtent
	imperfect1	hâtasse	hâtasses	hâtât	hâtassions	hâtassiez	hâtassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	hâte	—	hâtons	hâtez	—
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