acater

See also: acatèr

English

Noun

acater (plural acaters)

1. (obsolete) caterer

Anagrams

• caetra, carate, cerata, ectara

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Norman

Alternative forms

• acataer (continental Normandy)
• acataïr (Guernsey)

Etymology

From (compare Old French achater), from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre, from Latin ad + captāre, present active infinitive of captō (“I strive to seize, catch or grasp at”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Verb

acater

1. (Jersey) to buy

   Antonym: vendre

Derived terms

• acateux (“buyer”)

Related terms

• acat (“purchase”)

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Old French

Verb

acater

1. (Picardy) Alternative form of achater

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of acater (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		acater			avoir acaté
gerund		en acatant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		acatant
past participle		acaté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	acat	acates	acate	acatons	acatez	acatent
	imperfect	acatoie, acateie, acatoe, acateve	acatoies, acateies, acatoes, acateves	acatoit, acateit, acatot, acateve	acatiiens, acatiens	acatiiez, acatiez	acatoient, acateient, acatoent, acatevent
	preterite	acatai	acatas	acata	acatames	acatastes	acaterent
	future	acaterai	acateras	acatera	acaterons	acateroiz, acatereiz, acaterez	acateront
	conditional	acateroie, acatereie	acateroies, acatereies	acateroit, acatereit	acateriiens, acateriens	acateriiez, acateriez	acateroient, acatereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	acat	acaz	acat	acatons	acatez	acatent
	imperfect	acatasse	acatasses	acatast	acatissons, acatissiens	acatissoiz, acatissez, acatissiez	acatassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	acate	—	acatons	acatez	—

Descendants

• Norman: acataer, acataïr (Guernsey); acater (Jersey)

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Picard

Etymology

From Old French acater, northern variant of Old French achater, from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre, from Latin ad + captō, captāre.

Verb

acater

1. to buy

   Ej vo-t in vile por acater queuques pétiotés coses à minger

   I'm going in town to buy a few things to eat

Conjugation

    Conjugation in Picard

infinitive			acater
gerund			acatint
auxiliary			avoèr
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acatè		acatèe
		plural		acatès		acatèes
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		ej (j')	tu (t')	i (il)/ale	(n)os	os	is
	present	acate	acates	acate	acatons	acatez	acatte
	imperfect	acatoé	acatoés	acatoét	acatoinmes	acatoètes	acatoètte
	future	acatrai acatro	acatros	acatro	acatrons	acatrez	acatront
	conditional	acatroé	acatroés	acatroét	acatroinmes	acatroètes	acatroètte
subjunctive		qu'ej (j')	qu'tu (t')	qu'i (il)/ale	qu'(n)os	qu'os	qu'is
	present	acate	acates	acate	acatonche	acatèche	acatte
imperative		—	tu	—	(n)os	os	—
	affirmative		acate		acatons	acatez