acheter

French

Etymology

From Old French acheter, from Vulgar Latin *accattāre or *accaptāre, present active infinitive of *accattō or *accaptō, from Latin ad + captō. Cognate with Norman acater (“to buy”), Sicilian accattari (“to buy”), Neapolitan accattà (“to buy”), Corsican accattà (“to buy”). Compare English cater.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʃ.te/

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Verb

acheter

1. to purchase; buy

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• châtrée, racheté, rachète, trachée

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Old French

Alternative forms

• achater
• acater (Old Northern French)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accattāre or *accaptāre, present active infinitive of *accattō or *accaptō, from Latin ad + captō.

Verb

acheter

1. to purchase; buy

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. This verb has a stressed present stem achat distinct from the unstressed stem achet. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		acheter			avoir acheté
gerund		en achetant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		achetant
past participle		acheté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	achat	achates	achate	achetons	achetez	achatent
	imperfect	achetoie, acheteie, achetoe, acheteve	achetoies, acheteies, achetoes, acheteves	achetoit, acheteit, achetot, acheteve	achetiiens, achetiens	achetiiez, achetiez	achetoient, acheteient, achetoent, achetevent
	preterite	achetai	achetas	acheta	achetames	achetastes	acheterent
	future	acheterai	acheteras	achetera	acheterons	acheteroiz, achetereiz, acheterez	acheteront
	conditional	acheteroie, achetereie	acheteroies, achetereies	acheteroit, achetereit	acheteriiens, acheteriens	acheteriiez, acheteriez	acheteroient, achetereient
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	achat	achaz	achat	achetons	achetez	achatent
	imperfect	achetasse	achetasses	achetast	achetissons, achetissiens	achetissoiz, achetissez, achetissiez	achetassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	achate	—	achetons	achetez	—

Descendants

• French: acheter
• Walloon: atchter