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floter
floter
Old French
Verb
floter
- to float (rest upon liquid without sinking)
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 floter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | floter | avoir floté | |||||
| gerund | en flotant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | flotant | ||||||
| past participle | floté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | flot | flotes | flote | flotons | flotez | flotent |
| imperfect | flotoie, floteie, flotoe, floteve | flotoies, floteies, flotoes, floteves | flotoit, floteit, flotot, floteve | flotiiens, flotiens | flotiiez, flotiez | flotoient, floteient, flotoent, flotevent | |
| preterite | flotai | flotas | flota | flotames | flotastes | floterent | |
| future | floterai | floteras | flotera | floterons | floteroiz, flotereiz, floterez | floteront | |
| conditional | floteroie, flotereie | floteroies, flotereies | floteroit, flotereit | floteriiens, floteriens | floteriiez, floteriez | floteroient, flotereient | |
| 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 | flot | floz | flot | flotons | flotez | flotent |
| imperfect | flotasse | flotasses | flotast | flotissons, flotissiens | flotissoiz, flotissez, flotissiez | flotassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | flote | — | flotons | flotez | — | ||
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French floter, of undetermined Germanic origin.
Verb
floter
- to float (rest upon liquid without sinking)