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Webster 1913 Edition


Interpreter

In-ter′pret-er

,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
entrepreteur
, L.
interpretator
.]
One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.
We think most men’s actions to be the
interpreters
of their thoughts.
Locke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Interpreter

INTER'PRETER

,
Noun.
One that explains or expounds; an expositor; as an interpreter of the Scriptures.
1.
A translator; one who renders the words of one language in words of corresponding signification in another.

Definition 2024


interpréter

interpréter

See also: interpreter

French

Verb

interpréter

  1. (transitive) to translate
  2. (transitive) to interpret
  3. (transitive) to construe

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written interpréter-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written interprèter-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.

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