bretter
See also: Bretter
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁɛ.te/ ~ /bʁe.te/
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Verb
bretter
- (intransitive) to pick quarrels, to pick fights
- Synonym: ferrailler
Conjugation
Conjugation of bretter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bretter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | brettant /bʁɛ.tɑ̃/ or /bʁe.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bretté /bʁɛ.te/ or /bʁe.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | brette /bʁɛt/ |
brettes /bʁɛt/ |
brette /bʁɛt/ |
brettons /bʁɛ.tɔ̃/ or /bʁe.tɔ̃/ |
brettez /bʁɛ.te/ or /bʁe.te/ |
brettent /bʁɛt/ |
| imperfect | brettais /bʁɛ.tɛ/ or /bʁe.tɛ/ |
brettais /bʁɛ.tɛ/ or /bʁe.tɛ/ |
brettait /bʁɛ.tɛ/ or /bʁe.tɛ/ |
brettions /bʁɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /bʁe.tjɔ̃/ |
brettiez /bʁɛ.tje/ or /bʁe.tje/ |
brettaient /bʁɛ.tɛ/ or /bʁe.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | brettai /bʁɛ.te/ or /bʁe.te/ |
brettas /bʁɛ.ta/ or /bʁe.ta/ |
bretta /bʁɛ.ta/ or /bʁe.ta/ |
brettâmes /bʁɛ.tam/ or /bʁe.tam/ |
brettâtes /bʁɛ.tat/ or /bʁe.tat/ |
brettèrent /bʁɛ.tɛʁ/ or /bʁe.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | bretterai /bʁɛ.tʁe/ or /bʁe.tʁe/ |
bretteras /bʁɛ.tʁa/ or /bʁe.tʁa/ |
brettera /bʁɛ.tʁa/ or /bʁe.tʁa/ |
bretterons /bʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bʁe.tʁɔ̃/ |
bretterez /bʁɛ.tʁe/ or /bʁe.tʁe/ |
bretteront /bʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bʁe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bretterais /bʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁe.tʁɛ/ |
bretterais /bʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁe.tʁɛ/ |
bretterait /bʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁe.tʁɛ/ |
bretterions /bʁɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bʁe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bretteriez /bʁɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /bʁe.tə.ʁje/ |
bretteraient /bʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁe.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 | brette /bʁɛt/ |
brettes /bʁɛt/ |
brette /bʁɛt/ |
brettions /bʁɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /bʁe.tjɔ̃/ |
brettiez /bʁɛ.tje/ or /bʁe.tje/ |
brettent /bʁɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | brettasse /bʁɛ.tas/ or /bʁe.tas/ |
brettasses /bʁɛ.tas/ or /bʁe.tas/ |
brettât /bʁɛ.ta/ or /bʁe.ta/ |
brettassions /bʁɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /bʁe.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
brettassiez /bʁɛ.ta.sje/ or /bʁe.ta.sje/ |
brettassent /bʁɛ.tas/ or /bʁe.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | brette /bʁɛt/ |
— | brettons /bʁɛ.tɔ̃/ or /bʁe.tɔ̃/ |
brettez /bʁɛ.te/ or /bʁe.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
Further reading
- “bretter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Audio (Germany): (file)
Verb
bretter
- inflection of brettern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- brett (of noun)
Noun
bretter n
- indefinite plural of brett
Verb
bretter
- present of brette