hanter

Breton

Etymology

Compare Welsh hanner, from Proto-Celtic *santeros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑ̃n.tɛʁ/

Noun

hanter m (plural hanterioù)

1. half

Adjective

hanter

1. half

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French hanter, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French hanter (“to frequent, abide in one place”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; provide a home for; house”) or/and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse heimta (“to bring home”); both from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to bring home, house”). More at haunt.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.te/

Verb

hanter

1. to haunt
2. to frequent

Conjugation

Conjugation of hanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	hanter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	hantant /ɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		hanté /ɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	hante /ɑ̃t/	hantes /ɑ̃t/	hante /ɑ̃t/	hantons /ɑ̃.tɔ̃/	hantez /ɑ̃.te/	hantent /ɑ̃t/
	imperfect	hantais /ɑ̃.tɛ/	hantais /ɑ̃.tɛ/	hantait /ɑ̃.tɛ/	hantions /ɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	hantiez /ɑ̃.tje/	hantaient /ɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	hantai /ɑ̃.te/	hantas /ɑ̃.ta/	hanta /ɑ̃.ta/	hantâmes /ɑ̃.tam/	hantâtes /ɑ̃.tat/	hantèrent /ɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	hanterai /ɑ̃.tʁe/	hanteras /ɑ̃.tʁa/	hantera /ɑ̃.tʁa/	hanterons /ɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	hanterez /ɑ̃.tʁe/	hanteront /ɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	hanterais /ɑ̃.tʁɛ/	hanterais /ɑ̃.tʁɛ/	hanterait /ɑ̃.tʁɛ/	hanterions /ɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	hanteriez /ɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	hanteraient /ɑ̃.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	hante /ɑ̃t/	hantes /ɑ̃t/	hante /ɑ̃t/	hantions /ɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	hantiez /ɑ̃.tje/	hantent /ɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	hantasse /ɑ̃.tas/	hantasses /ɑ̃.tas/	hantât /ɑ̃.ta/	hantassions /ɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	hantassiez /ɑ̃.ta.sje/	hantassent /ɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	hante /ɑ̃t/	—	hantons /ɑ̃.tɔ̃/	hantez /ɑ̃.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

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

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Norman

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, house”) or/and from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English hāmettan (“to house”); both from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to bring home, house”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Verb

hanter

1. to frequent
2. (Jersey) to haunt
   • 2010, Le Don Balleine, Mêfie-Te Des Monstres:

     Nou dit u'chu c'mîn est hanté... par la vioge

     We say that the road is haunted... by the evil spirit

Synonyms

• enfaûtomer

Related terms

• vîsionnée (“haunted”)