tempter

English

Etymology

to tempt + -er

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

• Catalan: temptador (ca) m, temptadora (ca) f

• French: tentateur (fr) m

Male seducer

• Catalan: seductor (ca) m

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Latin

Verb

tempter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of temptō

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Old French

Alternative forms

• tenter, tanter (late Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Latin tempto

Verb

tempter

1. (early Anglo-Norman) to tempt; to act as a temptation
   • circa 1110,, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:

     Li tierz de vus mult ert temptez

     A third of you were very tempted

Conjugation

• 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, temptez
gerund		en temptant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		temptant
past participle		tempté, temptez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	tempte, tempt	temptes, tempts	tempte, tempt	temptons	temptez, temptés	temptent
	imperfect	temptoe, tempteie, temptoie	temptoes, tempteies, temptoies	temptot, tempteit, temptoit	temptions, temptiions	temptiez, temptiiez	temptoent, temptient, temptoient
	past historic	temptai	temptas	tempta	temptames	temptastes	tempterent
	future	tempterai	tempteras	temptera	tempterons	tempterez, temptereiz	tempteront
	conditional	tempteroe, temptereie, tempteroie	tempteroes, temptereies, tempteroies	tempterot, temptereie, tempteroie	tempterions, tempteriions	tempteriez, tempteriiez	tempteroent, temptereient, tempteroient
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 anterior	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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	tempte, tempt	temptes, tempts	tempte, tempt	temptons	temptez	temptent
	imperfect	temptasse	temptasses	temptast	temptissons	temptissez, temptissiez	temptassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	tempte	—	temptons	temptez	—

Descendants

• English: to tempt