jeter

§French

§Etymology

From Latin iactāre, present active infinitive of iactō

§Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ʒəte/

§Verb

jeter

1. to throw
2. to throw away, discard of
3. (card games) to throw away, discard

§Related terms

• jet
• jetable
• lancer
• rejeter

§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)

		simple			compound
infinitive		jeter			avoir jeté
gerund		en jetant			en ayant jeté
present participle		jetant
past participle		jeté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	jette	jettes	jette	jetons	jetez	jettent
	imperfect	jetais	jetais	jetait	jetions	jetiez	jetaient
	past historic1	jetai	jetas	jeta	jetâmes	jetâtes	jetèrent
	future	jetterai	jetteras	jettera	jetterons	jetterez	jetteront
	conditional	jetterais	jetterais	jetterait	jetterions	jetteriez	jetteraient
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 anterior1	Use the past historic 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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	jette	jettes	jette	jetions	jetiez	jettent
	imperfect1	jetasse	jetasses	jetât	jetassions	jetassiez	jetassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	jette	—	jetons	jetez	—
1literary tenses

§Anagrams

• rejet

§External links

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

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§Old French

§Alternative forms

• geter (Northern dialect)

§Etymology

Latin iacēre, present active infinitive of iaceō

§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		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
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, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	jete	—	jetons	jetez	—

§Descendants

• English: jet
• French: jeter