jeter

See also: Jeter

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒə.te/

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• IPA^(key): /ʃte/, /ʒe.te/
• Homophones: jetai, jeté, jetée, jetées, jetés, jetez

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

Synonyms

• lancer

Derived terms

• en jeter
• jet
• jetable
• rejeter

Further reading

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

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			gerund of avoir + 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	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + 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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	jete	—	jetons	jetez	—

Descendants

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