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)

present participle		rotant /ʁɔ.tɑ̃/
past participle		roté /ʁɔ.te/
infinitive
simple		roter
compound		avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple		rotant /ʁɔ.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	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 historic2	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	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	rote /ʁɔt/	rotes /ʁɔt/	rote /ʁɔt/	rotions /ʁɔ.tjɔ̃/	rotiez /ʁɔ.tje/	rotent /ʁɔt/
	imperfect2	rotasse /ʁɔ.tas/	rotasses /ʁɔ.tas/	rotât /ʁɔ.ta/	rotassions /ʁɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	rotassiez /ʁɔ.ta.sje/	rotassent /ʁɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rote /ʁɔt/	—	rotons /ʁɔ.tɔ̃/	rotez /ʁɔ.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).

Related terms

• rot

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rétro

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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 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