attester

English

Alternative forms

• attestor

Etymology

attest +‎ -er

Noun

attester (plural attesters)

1. One who attests.

Translations

one who attests

• German: Beglaubiger m, Beglaubigerin f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• ratettes, treatest

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin attestor, attestari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tɛs.te/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: attesté, attestée, attestées, attestés, attestez

Verb

attester

1. to attest; to support with evidence

Conjugation

Conjugation of attester (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	attester
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	attestant /a.tɛs.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		attesté /a.tɛs.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	atteste /a.tɛst/	attestes /a.tɛst/	atteste /a.tɛst/	attestons /a.tɛs.tɔ̃/	attestez /a.tɛs.te/	attestent /a.tɛst/
	imperfect	attestais /a.tɛs.tɛ/	attestais /a.tɛs.tɛ/	attestait /a.tɛs.tɛ/	attestions /a.tɛs.tjɔ̃/	attestiez /a.tɛs.tje/	attestaient /a.tɛs.tɛ/
	past historic2	attestai /a.tɛs.te/	attestas /a.tɛs.ta/	attesta /a.tɛs.ta/	attestâmes /a.tɛs.tam/	attestâtes /a.tɛs.tat/	attestèrent /a.tɛs.tɛʁ/
	future	attesterai /a.tɛs.tə.ʁe/	attesteras /a.tɛs.tə.ʁa/	attestera /a.tɛs.tə.ʁa/	attesterons /a.tɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/	attesterez /a.tɛs.tə.ʁe/	attesteront /a.tɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	attesterais /a.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/	attesterais /a.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/	attesterait /a.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/	attesterions /a.tɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	attesteriez /a.tɛs.tə.ʁje/	attesteraient /a.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/
(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	atteste /a.tɛst/	attestes /a.tɛst/	atteste /a.tɛst/	attestions /a.tɛs.tjɔ̃/	attestiez /a.tɛs.tje/	attestent /a.tɛst/
	imperfect2	attestasse /a.tɛs.tas/	attestasses /a.tɛs.tas/	attestât /a.tɛs.ta/	attestassions /a.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/	attestassiez /a.tɛs.ta.sje/	attestassent /a.tɛs.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	atteste /a.tɛst/	—	attestons /a.tɛs.tɔ̃/	attestez /a.tɛs.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).

Derived terms

• attestataire

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) attester

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of attestor

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

attester m

1. indefinite plural of attest

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Swedish

Noun

attester

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of attest