acater

See also: acatèr

English

Noun

acater (plural acaters)

  1. (obsolete) caterer

Anagrams

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Northern French acater (compare Old French achater), from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre, from Latin ad + captāre, present active infinitive of captō (“I strive to seize, catch or grasp at”).

Pronunciation
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Verb

acater

  1. (Jersey) to buy

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • acat (“purchase”)

Old French

Verb

acater

  1. (Picardy) Alternative form of achater

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 acater (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive acater avoir acaté
gerund en acatant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle acatant
past participle acaté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present acat acates acate acatons acatez acatent
imperfect acatoie, acateie, acatoe, acateve acatoies, acateies, acatoes, acateves acatoit, acateit, acatot, acateve acatiiens, acatiens acatiiez, acatiez acatoient, acateient, acatoent, acatevent
preterite acatai acatas acata acatames acatastes acaterent
future acaterai acateras acatera acaterons acateroiz, acatereiz, acaterez acateront
conditional acateroie, acatereie acateroies, acatereies acateroit, acatereit acateriiens, acateriens acateriiez, acateriez acateroient, acatereient
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 acat acaz acat acatons acatez acatent
imperfect acatasse acatasses acatast acatissons, acatissiens acatissoiz, acatissez, acatissiez acatassent
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 –
— acate — acatons acatez —

Picard

Etymology

From Old French acater, northern variant of Old French achater, from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre, from Latin ad + captō, captāre.

Verb

acater

  1. to buy
    Ej vo in vile por acater queuques ptiotes coses à minger
    I'm going in town to buy a few things to eat

Conjugation
    Conjugation in Picard
infinitive acater
gerund acatint
auxiliary avoèr
past participle masculine feminine
singular acatè acatèe
plural acatès acatèes
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative ej (j') tu (t') i (il)/ale (n)os os is
present acate acates acate acatons acatez acatte
imperfect acatoé acatoés acatoét acatoinmes acatoètes acatoètte
future acatrai
acatro		 acatros acatro acatrons acatrez acatront
conditional acatroé acatroés acatroét acatroinmes acatroètes acatroètte
subjunctive qu'ej (j') qu'tu (t') qu'i (il)/ale qu'(n)os qu'os qu'is
present acate acates acate acatonche acatèche acatte
imperative — tu — (n)os os —
affirmative acate acatons acatez
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