inviter

English

Etymology

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English invite

English -er

English inviter

From invite + -er.

Noun

inviter (plural inviters)

1. Someone who invites.
   • 2009 July 30, “For a Real Connection”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     While the buyer of such an item wants a sui generis gift to impress a weekend-in-the-Hamptons inviter, how about sending that sum to the Fresh Air Fund in the hosts’ name so a child can enjoy country life, too?

Derived terms

• invitress

Translations

someone who invites

• Basque: gonbidatzaile
• Indonesian: pengajak
• Turkish: davetçi (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: دعوتجی (daʼvetci)

Anagrams

• vitrine

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invītāre. Compare convier and Old French envier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.vi.te/

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Verb

inviter

1. to invite

   Synonym: convier

Conjugation

Conjugation of inviter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	inviter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	invitant /ɛ̃.vi.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		invité /ɛ̃.vi.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	invite /ɛ̃.vit/	invites /ɛ̃.vit/	invite /ɛ̃.vit/	invitons /ɛ̃.vi.tɔ̃/	invitez /ɛ̃.vi.te/	invitent /ɛ̃.vit/
	imperfect	invitais /ɛ̃.vi.tɛ/	invitais /ɛ̃.vi.tɛ/	invitait /ɛ̃.vi.tɛ/	invitions /ɛ̃.vi.tjɔ̃/	invitiez /ɛ̃.vi.tje/	invitaient /ɛ̃.vi.tɛ/
	past historic2	invitai /ɛ̃.vi.te/	invitas /ɛ̃.vi.ta/	invita /ɛ̃.vi.ta/	invitâmes /ɛ̃.vi.tam/	invitâtes /ɛ̃.vi.tat/	invitèrent /ɛ̃.vi.tɛʁ/
	future	inviterai /ɛ̃.vi.tʁe/	inviteras /ɛ̃.vi.tʁa/	invitera /ɛ̃.vi.tʁa/	inviterons /ɛ̃.vi.tʁɔ̃/	inviterez /ɛ̃.vi.tʁe/	inviteront /ɛ̃.vi.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	inviterais /ɛ̃.vi.tʁɛ/	inviterais /ɛ̃.vi.tʁɛ/	inviterait /ɛ̃.vi.tʁɛ/	inviterions /ɛ̃.vi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	inviteriez /ɛ̃.vi.tə.ʁje/	inviteraient /ɛ̃.vi.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	invite /ɛ̃.vit/	invites /ɛ̃.vit/	invite /ɛ̃.vit/	invitions /ɛ̃.vi.tjɔ̃/	invitiez /ɛ̃.vi.tje/	invitent /ɛ̃.vit/
	imperfect2	invitasse /ɛ̃.vi.tas/	invitasses /ɛ̃.vi.tas/	invitât /ɛ̃.vi.ta/	invitassions /ɛ̃.vi.ta.sjɔ̃/	invitassiez /ɛ̃.vi.ta.sje/	invitassent /ɛ̃.vi.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	invite /ɛ̃.vit/	—	invitons /ɛ̃.vi.tɔ̃/	invitez /ɛ̃.vi.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).

Descendants

• → Dutch: inviteren
• → Luxembourgish: invitéieren
• → Romanian: invita
• → Swedish: invit

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• vitrine

Latin

Verb

invīter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of invītō

Middle French

Verb

inviter

1. to invite

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of inviter

infinitive	simple	inviter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	invitant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		invité
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	invite	invites	invite	invitons	invitez	invitent
	imperfect	invitois, invitoys	invitois, invitoys	invitoit, invitoyt	invitions, invityons	invitiez, invityez	invitoient, invitoyent
	past historic	invita	invitas	invita	invitasmes	invitastes	inviterent
	future	inviterai, inviteray	inviteras	invitera	inviterons	inviterez	inviteront
	conditional	inviterois, inviteroys	inviterois, inviteroys	inviteroit, inviteroyt	inviterions, inviteryons	inviteriez, inviteryez	inviteroient, inviteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	invite	invites	invite	invitons	invitez	invitent
	imperfect	invitasse	invitasses	invitast	invitassions	invitassiez	invitassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	invite	—	invitons	invitez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: inviter
  • → Dutch: inviteren
  • → Luxembourgish: invitéieren
  • → Romanian: invita
  • → Swedish: invit
• → English: invite
• → Scots: inveet

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

inviter

1. imperative of invitere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

inviter

1. imperative of invitera

Swedish

Noun

inviter

1. indefinite plural of invit