orbiter

English

Etymology

orbit +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

orbiter (plural orbiters)

1. An object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it.
   • 2021 February 9, Kenneth Chang, “Mars Mission From the U.A.E. Begins Orbit of Red Planet”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     One day after the Hope maneuver, a Chinese spacecraft, Tianwen-1, is to also enter orbit around Mars. The Chinese mission is carrying a lander and a rover to explore a large impact basin called Utopia Planitia, but those are not to detach from the orbiter and head to the surface until May.

2. (slang, seduction community) A person who constantly hangs around with someone they are attracted to, but too shy to talk to.
   • 2015, Jack N. Raven, Penetration: A Tactical Manual on Forming Deep Emotional Connections!

     The orbiters in her life in high likelihood like to talk about this and make themselves her emotional tampon and outlet.

Translations

an object that orbits another

• German: Umkreiser m
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See also

• Space Shuttle

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French

Etymology

orbite +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.bi.te/

• Audio:

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Verb

orbiter

1. to orbit (circle another object)

Conjugation

Conjugation of orbiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	orbiter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	orbitant /ɔʁ.bi.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		orbité /ɔʁ.bi.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	orbite /ɔʁ.bit/	orbites /ɔʁ.bit/	orbite /ɔʁ.bit/	orbitons /ɔʁ.bi.tɔ̃/	orbitez /ɔʁ.bi.te/	orbitent /ɔʁ.bit/
	imperfect	orbitais /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/	orbitais /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/	orbitait /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/	orbitions /ɔʁ.bi.tjɔ̃/	orbitiez /ɔʁ.bi.tje/	orbitaient /ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/
	past historic2	orbitai /ɔʁ.bi.te/	orbitas /ɔʁ.bi.ta/	orbita /ɔʁ.bi.ta/	orbitâmes /ɔʁ.bi.tam/	orbitâtes /ɔʁ.bi.tat/	orbitèrent /ɔʁ.bi.tɛʁ/
	future	orbiterai /ɔʁ.bi.tʁe/	orbiteras /ɔʁ.bi.tʁa/	orbitera /ɔʁ.bi.tʁa/	orbiterons /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɔ̃/	orbiterez /ɔʁ.bi.tʁe/	orbiteront /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	orbiterais /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/	orbiterais /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/	orbiterait /ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/	orbiterions /ɔʁ.bi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	orbiteriez /ɔʁ.bi.tə.ʁje/	orbiteraient /ɔʁ.bi.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	orbite /ɔʁ.bit/	orbites /ɔʁ.bit/	orbite /ɔʁ.bit/	orbitions /ɔʁ.bi.tjɔ̃/	orbitiez /ɔʁ.bi.tje/	orbitent /ɔʁ.bit/
	imperfect2	orbitasse /ɔʁ.bi.tas/	orbitasses /ɔʁ.bi.tas/	orbitât /ɔʁ.bi.ta/	orbitassions /ɔʁ.bi.ta.sjɔ̃/	orbitassiez /ɔʁ.bi.ta.sje/	orbitassent /ɔʁ.bi.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	orbite /ɔʁ.bit/	—	orbitons /ɔʁ.bi.tɔ̃/	orbitez /ɔʁ.bi.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).

Further reading

• “orbiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.