jeter

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French jeter, geter, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin jectāre, iectāre, from Latin iactāre. Cognates include Italian gettare, Spanish echar.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

jeter

  1. to throw
  2. to throw away, discard of
    • 2015, Zaz, Si jamais j'oublie
      Et s'il me prend l'envie d' m'en aller, enferme-moi et jette la clé
      And if I feel like leaving, lock me up and throw away the key
  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[edit]

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 jeter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple jeter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple jetant
/ʒə.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle jeté
/ʒə.te/
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.te/ 		jetas
/ʒə.ta/ 		jeta
/ʒə.ta/ 		jetâmes
/ʒə.tam/ 		jetâtes
/ʒə.tat/ 		jetèrent
/ʒə.tɛʁ/
future jetterai
/ʒɛ.tʁe/ 		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 The French gerund is usable only with the 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).

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Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

jeter

  1. to throw

Conjugation[edit]

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[edit]

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

Slovene[edit]

Noun[edit]

jeter

  1. genitive plural of jetra
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