jacter

French

Etymology

From jacqueter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒak.te/

Verb

jacter

1. (colloquial, possibly derogatory) To talk, speak
2. (colloquial, possibly derogatory) To speak (a language)
3. (colloquial, possibly derogatory) To chat

Conjugation

Conjugation of jacter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	jacter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	jactant /ʒak.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		jacté /ʒak.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	jacte /ʒakt/	jactes /ʒakt/	jacte /ʒakt/	jactons /ʒak.tɔ̃/	jactez /ʒak.te/	jactent /ʒakt/
	imperfect	jactais /ʒak.tɛ/	jactais /ʒak.tɛ/	jactait /ʒak.tɛ/	jactions /ʒak.tjɔ̃/	jactiez /ʒak.tje/	jactaient /ʒak.tɛ/
	past historic2	jactai /ʒak.te/	jactas /ʒak.ta/	jacta /ʒak.ta/	jactâmes /ʒak.tam/	jactâtes /ʒak.tat/	jactèrent /ʒak.tɛʁ/
	future	jacterai /ʒak.tə.ʁe/	jacteras /ʒak.tə.ʁa/	jactera /ʒak.tə.ʁa/	jacterons /ʒak.tə.ʁɔ̃/	jacterez /ʒak.tə.ʁe/	jacteront /ʒak.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	jacterais /ʒak.tə.ʁɛ/	jacterais /ʒak.tə.ʁɛ/	jacterait /ʒak.tə.ʁɛ/	jacterions /ʒak.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	jacteriez /ʒak.tə.ʁje/	jacteraient /ʒak.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	jacte /ʒakt/	jactes /ʒakt/	jacte /ʒakt/	jactions /ʒak.tjɔ̃/	jactiez /ʒak.tje/	jactent /ʒakt/
	imperfect2	jactasse /ʒak.tas/	jactasses /ʒak.tas/	jactât /ʒak.ta/	jactassions /ʒak.ta.sjɔ̃/	jactassiez /ʒak.ta.sje/	jactassent /ʒak.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	jacte /ʒakt/	—	jactons /ʒak.tɔ̃/	jactez /ʒak.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).

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯ak.ter/, [ˈi̯äkt̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈjak.ter/, [ˈjäkt̪er]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) jacter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of jactō