escompter

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛs.kɔ̃.te/
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Verb

escompter

  1. to discount because of a payment by anticipation
  2. to anticipate, to be in the hope of

Conjugation

Conjugation of escompter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple escompter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple escomptant
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle escompté
/ɛs.kɔ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present escompte
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/ 		escomptes
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/ 		escompte
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/ 		escomptons
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ 		escomptez
/ɛs.kɔ̃.te/ 		escomptent
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/
imperfect escomptais
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɛ/ 		escomptais
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɛ/ 		escomptait
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɛ/ 		escomptions
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		escomptiez
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tje/ 		escomptaient
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 escomptai
/ɛs.kɔ̃.te/ 		escomptas
/ɛs.kɔ̃.ta/ 		escompta
/ɛs.kɔ̃.ta/ 		escomptâmes
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tam/ 		escomptâtes
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tat/ 		escomptèrent
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɛʁ/
future escompterai
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁe/ 		escompteras
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁa/ 		escomptera
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁa/ 		escompterons
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		escompterez
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁe/ 		escompteront
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional escompterais
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		escompterais
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		escompterait
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		escompterions
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		escompteriez
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		escompteraient
/ɛs.kɔ̃.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 escompte
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/ 		escomptes
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/ 		escompte
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/ 		escomptions
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		escomptiez
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tje/ 		escomptent
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/
imperfect2 escomptasse
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tas/ 		escomptasses
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tas/ 		escomptât
/ɛs.kɔ̃.ta/ 		escomptassions
/ɛs.kɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		escomptassiez
/ɛs.kɔ̃.ta.sje/ 		escomptassent
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — escompte
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/ 		— escomptons
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ 		escomptez
/ɛs.kɔ̃.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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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