formater

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

formater

1. (computing) to format

Conjugation

Conjugation of formater (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	formater
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	formatant /fɔʁ.ma.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		formaté /fɔʁ.ma.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	formate /fɔʁ.mat/	formates /fɔʁ.mat/	formate /fɔʁ.mat/	formatons /fɔʁ.ma.tɔ̃/	formatez /fɔʁ.ma.te/	formatent /fɔʁ.mat/
	imperfect	formatais /fɔʁ.ma.tɛ/	formatais /fɔʁ.ma.tɛ/	formatait /fɔʁ.ma.tɛ/	formations /fɔʁ.ma.tjɔ̃/	formatiez /fɔʁ.ma.tje/	formataient /fɔʁ.ma.tɛ/
	past historic2	formatai /fɔʁ.ma.te/	formatas /fɔʁ.ma.ta/	formata /fɔʁ.ma.ta/	formatâmes /fɔʁ.ma.tam/	formatâtes /fɔʁ.ma.tat/	formatèrent /fɔʁ.ma.tɛʁ/
	future	formaterai /fɔʁ.ma.tʁe/	formateras /fɔʁ.ma.tʁa/	formatera /fɔʁ.ma.tʁa/	formaterons /fɔʁ.ma.tʁɔ̃/	formaterez /fɔʁ.ma.tʁe/	formateront /fɔʁ.ma.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	formaterais /fɔʁ.ma.tʁɛ/	formaterais /fɔʁ.ma.tʁɛ/	formaterait /fɔʁ.ma.tʁɛ/	formaterions /fɔʁ.ma.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	formateriez /fɔʁ.ma.tə.ʁje/	formateraient /fɔʁ.ma.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	formate /fɔʁ.mat/	formates /fɔʁ.mat/	formate /fɔʁ.mat/	formations /fɔʁ.ma.tjɔ̃/	formatiez /fɔʁ.ma.tje/	formatent /fɔʁ.mat/
	imperfect2	formatasse /fɔʁ.ma.tas/	formatasses /fɔʁ.ma.tas/	formatât /fɔʁ.ma.ta/	formatassions /fɔʁ.ma.ta.sjɔ̃/	formatassiez /fɔʁ.ma.ta.sje/	formatassent /fɔʁ.ma.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	formate /fɔʁ.mat/	—	formatons /fɔʁ.ma.tɔ̃/	formatez /fɔʁ.ma.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• format
• formatage

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Norman

Etymology

format +‎ -er

Verb

formater (gerund format'tie)

1. (Jersey) to format

Derived terms

• format'tie (“formatting”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• format

Noun

formater n

1. indefinite plural of format