roter

See also: röter

French

Etymology

From Latin ructāre (probably through a form *ruptāre in Late or Vulgar Latin), present active infinitive of ructō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.te/

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Verb

roter

1. to belch; to burp

Conjugation

  Conjugation of roter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		roter			avoir roté
gerund		en rotant			en ayant roté
present participle		rotant /ʁɔ.tɑ̃/
past participle		roté /ʁɔ.te/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	rote /ʁɔt/	rotes /ʁɔt/	rote /ʁɔt/	rotons /ʁɔ.tɔ̃/	rotez /ʁɔ.te/	rotent /ʁɔt/
	imperfect	rotais /ʁɔ.tɛ/	rotais /ʁɔ.tɛ/	rotait /ʁɔ.tɛ/	rotions /ʁɔ.tjɔ̃/	rotiez /ʁɔ.tje/	rotaient /ʁɔ.tɛ/
	past historic1	rotai /ʁɔ.te/	rotas /ʁɔ.ta/	rota /ʁɔ.ta/	rotâmes /ʁɔ.tam/	rotâtes /ʁɔ.tat/	rotèrent /ʁɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	roterai /ʁɔ.tʁe/	roteras /ʁɔ.tʁa/	rotera /ʁɔ.tʁa/	roterons /ʁɔ.tʁɔ̃/	roterez /ʁɔ.tʁe/	roteront /ʁɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	roterais /ʁɔ.tʁɛ/	roterais /ʁɔ.tʁɛ/	roterait /ʁɔ.tʁɛ/	roterions /ʁɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	roteriez /ʁɔ.tə.ʁje/	roteraient /ʁɔ.tʁɛ/
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	rote /ʁɔt/	rotes /ʁɔt/	rote /ʁɔt/	rotions /ʁɔ.tjɔ̃/	rotiez /ʁɔ.tje/	rotent /ʁɔt/
	imperfect1	rotasse /ʁɔ.tas/	rotasses /ʁɔ.tas/	rotât /ʁɔ.ta/	rotassions /ʁɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	rotassiez /ʁɔ.ta.sje/	rotassent /ʁɔ.tas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	rote /ʁɔt/	—	rotons /ʁɔ.tɔ̃/	rotez /ʁɔ.te/	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• rot

Anagrams

• rétro

Further reading

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʀoːtɐ/

Adjective

roter

1. comparative degree of rot

Adjective

roter

1. strong and mixed masculine singular nominative form of rot.
2. strong feminine singular genitive form of rot.
3. strong feminine singular dative form of rot.
4. strong plural genitive form of rot.

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Latin

Verb

roter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of rotō

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

roter

1. present tense of rote
2. imperative of rotere

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Old French

Alternative forms

• ruter (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

rote +‎ -er.

Verb

roter

1. to play the rote (musical instrument)

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 roter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		roter			avoir roté
gerund		en rotant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		rotant
past participle		roté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	rot	rotes	rote	rotons	rotez	rotent
	imperfect	rotoie, roteie, rotoe, roteve	rotoies, roteies, rotoes, roteves	rotoit, roteit, rotot, roteve	rotiiens, rotiens	rotiiez, rotiez	rotoient, roteient, rotoent, rotevent
	preterite	rotai	rotas	rota	rotames	rotastes	roterent
	future	roterai	roteras	rotera	roterons	roteroiz, rotereiz, roterez	roteront
	conditional	roteroie, rotereie	roteroies, rotereies	roteroit, rotereit	roteriiens, roteriens	roteriiez, roteriez	roteroient, rotereient
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	rot	roz	rot	rotons	rotez	rotent
	imperfect	rotasse	rotasses	rotast	rotissons, rotissiens	rotissoiz, rotissez, rotissiez	rotassent
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	–
		—	rote	—	rotons	rotez	—

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Walloon

Etymology

Old French router (“to travel; to walk”).

Verb

roter

1. to walk