jeter

See also: Jeter

French

Etymology

From Old French jeter, geter, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin jectāre, iectāre, from Latin iactāre, present active infinitive of iactō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒə.te/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [ʃte], [ʒete]

Verb

jeter

1. to throw
2. to throw away, discard of
3. (card games) to throw away, discard
4. (reflexive) to run in, as of a river
5. (reflexive, with "sur") to rush oneself onto something or someone

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of jeter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

present participle		jetant /ʒə.tɑ̃/
past participle		jeté /ʒə.te/
infinitive
simple		jeter
compound		avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple		jetant /ʒə.tɑ̃/
compound		ayant + past participle
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	jette /ʒɛt/	jettes /ʒɛt/	jette /ʒɛt/	jetons /ʒə.tɔ̃/	jetez /ʒə.te/	jettent /ʒɛt/
	imperfect	jetais /ʒə.tɛ/	jetais /ʒə.tɛ/	jetait /ʒə.tɛ/	jetions /ʒə.tjɔ̃/	jetiez /ʒə.tje/	jetaient /ʒə.tɛ/
	past historic2	jetai /ʒə.tɛ/	jetas /ʒə.ta/	jeta /ʒə.ta/	jetâmes /ʒə.tam/	jetâtes /ʒə.tat/	jetèrent /ʒə.tɛʁ/
	future	jetterai /ʒɛ.tʁɛ/	jetteras /ʒɛ.tʁa/	jettera /ʒɛ.tʁa/	jetterons /ʒɛ.tʁɔ̃/	jetterez /ʒɛ.tʁe/	jetteront /ʒɛ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	jetterais /ʒɛ.tʁɛ/	jetterais /ʒɛ.tʁɛ/	jetterait /ʒɛ.tʁɛ/	jetterions /ʒɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	jetteriez /ʒɛ.tə.ʁje/	jetteraient /ʒɛ.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	jette /ʒɛt/	jettes /ʒɛt/	jette /ʒɛt/	jetions /ʒə.tjɔ̃/	jetiez /ʒə.tje/	jettent /ʒɛt/
	imperfect2	jetasse /ʒə.tas/	jetasses /ʒə.tas/	jetât /ʒə.ta/	jetassions /ʒə.ta.sjɔ̃/	jetassiez /ʒə.ta.sje/	jetassent /ʒə.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	jette /ʒɛt/	—	jetons /ʒə.tɔ̃/	jetez /ʒə.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms

• lancer

Derived terms

• en jeter
• jet
• jetable
• rejeter

Further reading

• “jeter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rejet

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Old French

Alternative forms

• geter (Northern dialect)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin jectāre, iectāre, from Latin iactāre, present active infinitive of iactō.

Verb

jeter

1. to throw

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of jeter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		jeter			avoir jeté
gerund		en jetant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		jetant
past participle		jeté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	jet	jetes	jete	jetons	jetez	jetent
	imperfect	jetoie, jeteie, jetoe, jeteve	jetoies, jeteies, jetoes, jeteves	jetoit, jeteit, jetot, jeteve	jetiiens, jetiens	jetiiez, jetiez	jetoient, jeteient, jetoent, jetevent
	preterite	jetai	jetas	jeta	jetames	jetastes	jeterent
	future	jeterai	jeteras	jetera	jeterons	jeteroiz, jetereiz, jeterez	jeteront
	conditional	jeteroie, jetereie	jeteroies, jetereies	jeteroit, jetereit	jeteriiens, jeteriens	jeteriiez, jeteriez	jeteroient, jetereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	jet	jez	jet	jetons	jetez	jetent
	imperfect	jetasse	jetasses	jetast	jetissons, jetissiens	jetissoiz, jetissez, jetissiez	jetassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	jete	—	jetons	jetez	—

Descendants

• English: jet (borrowed)
• French: jeter
• Norman: j'ter (Jersey)