gîter
See also: giter
French
Alternative forms
- giter (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒi.te/
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Verb
gîter
- (intransitive, nautical) to list, heel over
- (intransitive, archaic, literary) to (take) shelter, rest
Conjugation
Conjugation of gîter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gîter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gîtant /ʒi.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gîté /ʒi.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | gîte /ʒit/ |
gîtes /ʒit/ |
gîte /ʒit/ |
gîtons /ʒi.tɔ̃/ |
gîtez /ʒi.te/ |
gîtent /ʒit/ |
| imperfect | gîtais /ʒi.tɛ/ |
gîtais /ʒi.tɛ/ |
gîtait /ʒi.tɛ/ |
gîtions /ʒi.tjɔ̃/ |
gîtiez /ʒi.tje/ |
gîtaient /ʒi.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gîtai /ʒi.te/ |
gîtas /ʒi.ta/ |
gîta /ʒi.ta/ |
gîtâmes /ʒi.tam/ |
gîtâtes /ʒi.tat/ |
gîtèrent /ʒi.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | gîterai /ʒi.tʁe/ |
gîteras /ʒi.tʁa/ |
gîtera /ʒi.tʁa/ |
gîterons /ʒi.tʁɔ̃/ |
gîterez /ʒi.tʁe/ |
gîteront /ʒi.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gîterais /ʒi.tʁɛ/ |
gîterais /ʒi.tʁɛ/ |
gîterait /ʒi.tʁɛ/ |
gîterions /ʒi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gîteriez /ʒi.tə.ʁje/ |
gîteraient /ʒi.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 | gîte /ʒit/ |
gîtes /ʒit/ |
gîte /ʒit/ |
gîtions /ʒi.tjɔ̃/ |
gîtiez /ʒi.tje/ |
gîtent /ʒit/ |
| imperfect2 | gîtasse /ʒi.tas/ |
gîtasses /ʒi.tas/ |
gîtât /ʒi.ta/ |
gîtassions /ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
gîtassiez /ʒi.ta.sje/ |
gîtassent /ʒi.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gîte /ʒit/ |
— | gîtons /ʒi.tɔ̃/ |
gîtez /ʒi.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “gîter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.