acheter
French
Alternative forms
- achepter (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French acheter, from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre, from Latin acceptare. Doublet of accepter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʃ.te/, /a.ʃə.te/
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Verb
acheter
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il achète and the third-person singular future indicative il achètera.
Conjugation of acheter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | acheter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | achetant /aʃ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | acheté /aʃ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | achète /a.ʃɛt/ |
achètes /a.ʃɛt/ |
achète /a.ʃɛt/ |
achetons /aʃ.tɔ̃/ |
achetez /aʃ.te/ |
achètent /a.ʃɛt/ |
| imperfect | achetais /aʃ.tɛ/ |
achetais /aʃ.tɛ/ |
achetait /aʃ.tɛ/ |
achetions /a.ʃə.tjɔ̃/ |
achetiez /a.ʃə.tje/ |
achetaient /aʃ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | achetai /aʃ.te/ |
achetas /aʃ.ta/ |
acheta /aʃ.ta/ |
achetâmes /aʃ.tam/ |
achetâtes /aʃ.tat/ |
achetèrent /aʃ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | achèterai /a.ʃɛ.tʁe/ or /a.ʃe.tʁe/ |
achèteras /a.ʃɛ.tʁa/ or /a.ʃe.tʁa/ |
achètera /a.ʃɛ.tʁa/ or /a.ʃe.tʁa/ |
achèterons /a.ʃɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.ʃe.tʁɔ̃/ |
achèterez /a.ʃɛ.tʁe/ or /a.ʃe.tʁe/ |
achèteront /a.ʃɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.ʃe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | achèterais /a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.ʃe.tʁɛ/ |
achèterais /a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.ʃe.tʁɛ/ |
achèterait /a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.ʃe.tʁɛ/ |
achèterions /a.ʃɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.ʃe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
achèteriez /a.ʃɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /a.ʃe.tə.ʁje/ |
achèteraient /a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.ʃe.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 | achète /a.ʃɛt/ |
achètes /a.ʃɛt/ |
achète /a.ʃɛt/ |
achetions /a.ʃə.tjɔ̃/ |
achetiez /a.ʃə.tje/ |
achètent /a.ʃɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | achetasse /aʃ.tas/ |
achetasses /aʃ.tas/ |
achetât /aʃ.ta/ |
achetassions /aʃ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
achetassiez /aʃ.ta.sje/ |
achetassent /aʃ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | achète /a.ʃɛt/ |
— | achetons /aʃ.tɔ̃/ |
achetez /aʃ.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, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Esperanto: aĉeti
Further reading
- “acheter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *accaptāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /at͡ʃəˈteːɾ/
Verb
acheter
- to purchase; buy
- Synonym: porchacier
- Antonym: vendre
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. This verb has a stressed present stem achat distinct from the unstressed stem achet. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of acheter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | acheter | avoir acheté | |||||
| gerund | en achetant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | achetant | ||||||
| past participle | acheté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | achat | achates | achate | achetons | achetez | achatent |
| imperfect | achetoie, acheteie, achetoe, acheteve | achetoies, acheteies, achetoes, acheteves | achetoit, acheteit, achetot, acheteve | achetiiens, achetiens | achetiiez, achetiez | achetoient, acheteient, achetoent, achetevent | |
| preterite | achetai | achetas | acheta | achetames | achetastes | acheterent | |
| future | acheterai | acheteras | achetera | acheterons | acheteroiz, achetereiz, acheterez | acheteront | |
| conditional | acheteroie, achetereie | acheteroies, achetereies | acheteroit, achetereit | acheteriiens, acheteriens | acheteriiez, acheteriez | acheteroient, achetereient | |
| 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 | achat | achaz | achat | achetons | achetez | achatent |
| imperfect | achetasse | achetasses | achetast | achetissons, achetissiens | achetissoiz, achetissez, achetissiez | achetassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | achate | — | achetons | achetez | — | ||