breveter

French

Etymology

From brevet +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁə.v(ə).te/, /bʁɛv.te/

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Verb

breveter

1. (transitive) to patent

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of breveter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	breveter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	brevetant /bʁə.v(ə).tɑ̃/ or /bʁɛv.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		breveté /bʁə.v(ə).te/ or /bʁɛv.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	brevette or brevète /bʁə.vɛt/ or /bʁɛ.vɛt/ or /bʁe.vɛt/	brevettes or brevètes /bʁə.vɛt/ or /bʁɛ.vɛt/ or /bʁe.vɛt/	brevette or brevète /bʁə.vɛt/ or /bʁɛ.vɛt/ or /bʁe.vɛt/	brevetons /bʁə.v(ə).tɔ̃/ or /bʁɛv.tɔ̃/	brevetez /bʁə.v(ə).te/ or /bʁɛv.te/	brevettent or brevètent /bʁə.vɛt/ or /bʁɛ.vɛt/ or /bʁe.vɛt/
	imperfect	brevetais /bʁə.v(ə).tɛ/ or /bʁɛv.tɛ/	brevetais /bʁə.v(ə).tɛ/ or /bʁɛv.tɛ/	brevetait /bʁə.v(ə).tɛ/ or /bʁɛv.tɛ/	brevetions /bʁə.və.tjɔ̃/ or /bʁɛ.və.tjɔ̃/ or /bʁe.və.tjɔ̃/	brevetiez /bʁə.və.tje/ or /bʁɛ.və.tje/ or /bʁe.və.tje/	brevetaient /bʁə.v(ə).tɛ/ or /bʁɛv.tɛ/
	past historic2	brevetai /bʁə.v(ə).te/ or /bʁɛv.te/	brevetas /bʁə.v(ə).ta/ or /bʁɛv.ta/	breveta /bʁə.v(ə).ta/ or /bʁɛv.ta/	brevetâmes /bʁə.v(ə).tam/ or /bʁɛv.tam/	brevetâtes /bʁə.v(ə).tat/ or /bʁɛv.tat/	brevetèrent /bʁə.v(ə).tɛʁ/ or /bʁɛv.tɛʁ/
	future	brevetterai or brevèterai /bʁə.vɛ.tʁe/ or /bʁə.ve.tʁe/ or /bʁɛ.vɛ.tʁe/ or /bʁe.ve.tʁe/	brevetteras or brevèteras /bʁə.vɛ.tʁa/ or /bʁə.ve.tʁa/ or /bʁɛ.vɛ.tʁa/ or /bʁe.ve.tʁa/	brevettera or brevètera /bʁə.vɛ.tʁa/ or /bʁə.ve.tʁa/ or /bʁɛ.vɛ.tʁa/ or /bʁe.ve.tʁa/	brevetterons or brevèterons /bʁə.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bʁə.ve.tʁɔ̃/ or /bʁɛ.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bʁe.ve.tʁɔ̃/	brevetterez or brevèterez /bʁə.vɛ.tʁe/ or /bʁə.ve.tʁe/ or /bʁɛ.vɛ.tʁe/ or /bʁe.ve.tʁe/	brevetteront or brevèteront /bʁə.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bʁə.ve.tʁɔ̃/ or /bʁɛ.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bʁe.ve.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	brevetterais or brevèterais /bʁə.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁə.ve.tʁɛ/ or /bʁɛ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁe.ve.tʁɛ/	brevetterais or brevèterais /bʁə.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁə.ve.tʁɛ/ or /bʁɛ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁe.ve.tʁɛ/	brevetterait or brevèterait /bʁə.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁə.ve.tʁɛ/ or /bʁɛ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁe.ve.tʁɛ/	brevetterions or brevèterions /bʁə.vɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bʁə.ve.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bʁɛ.vɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bʁe.ve.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	brevetteriez or brevèteriez /bʁə.vɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /bʁə.ve.tə.ʁje/ or /bʁɛ.vɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /bʁe.ve.tə.ʁje/	brevetteraient or brevèteraient /bʁə.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁə.ve.tʁɛ/ or /bʁɛ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁe.ve.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	brevette or brevète /bʁə.vɛt/ or /bʁɛ.vɛt/ or /bʁe.vɛt/	brevettes or brevètes /bʁə.vɛt/ or /bʁɛ.vɛt/ or /bʁe.vɛt/	brevette or brevète /bʁə.vɛt/ or /bʁɛ.vɛt/ or /bʁe.vɛt/	brevetions /bʁə.və.tjɔ̃/ or /bʁɛ.və.tjɔ̃/ or /bʁe.və.tjɔ̃/	brevetiez /bʁə.və.tje/ or /bʁɛ.və.tje/ or /bʁe.və.tje/	brevettent or brevètent /bʁə.vɛt/ or /bʁɛ.vɛt/ or /bʁe.vɛt/
	imperfect2	brevetasse /bʁə.v(ə).tas/ or /bʁɛv.tas/	brevetasses /bʁə.v(ə).tas/ or /bʁɛv.tas/	brevetât /bʁə.v(ə).ta/ or /bʁɛv.ta/	brevetassions /bʁə.v(ə).ta.sjɔ̃/ or /bʁɛv.ta.sjɔ̃/	brevetassiez /bʁə.v(ə).ta.sje/ or /bʁɛv.ta.sje/	brevetassent /bʁə.v(ə).tas/ or /bʁɛv.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	brevette or brevète /bʁə.vɛt/ or /bʁɛ.vɛt/ or /bʁe.vɛt/	—	brevetons /bʁə.v(ə).tɔ̃/ or /bʁɛv.tɔ̃/	brevetez /bʁə.v(ə).te/ or /bʁɛv.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

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