acheter

French

Etymology

From Old French acheter, from Vulgar Latin *accattāre or *accaptāre, present active infinitive of *accattō or *accaptō, from Latin ad + captō. Cognate with Norman acater (“to buy”), Sicilian accattari (“to buy”), Neapolitan accattà (“to buy”), Corsican accattà (“to buy”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aʃ.te/
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Verb

acheter

  1. to purchase; buy

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il achète rather than *il achete. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.

Conjugation of acheter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle achetant
/aʃ.tɑ̃/
past participle acheté
/aʃ.te/
infinitive
simple acheter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple achetant
/aʃ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present achète
/a.ʃɛt/		 achètes
/a.ʃɛt/		 achète
/a.ʃɛt/		 achetons
/aʃ.tɔ̃/		 achetez
/aʃ.te/		 achètent
/a.ʃɛt/
imperfect achetais
/aʃ.tɛ/		 achetais
/aʃ.tɛ/		 achetait
/aʃ.tɛ/		 achetions
/a.ʃə.tjɔ̃/		 achetiez
/a.ʃə.tje/		 achetaient
/aʃ.tɛ/
past historic2 achetai
/aʃ.te/		 achetas
/aʃ.ta/		 acheta
/aʃ.ta/		 achetâmes
/aʃ.tam/		 achetâtes
/aʃ.tat/		 achetèrent
/aʃ.tɛʁ/
future achèterai
/a.ʃɛ.tʁe/		 achèteras
/a.ʃɛ.tʁa/		 achètera
/a.ʃɛ.tʁa/		 achèterons
/a.ʃɛ.tʁɔ̃/		 achèterez
/a.ʃɛ.tʁe/		 achèteront
/a.ʃɛ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional achèterais
/a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/		 achèterais
/a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/		 achèterait
/a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/		 achèterions
/a.ʃɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 achèteriez
/a.ʃɛ.tə.ʁje/		 achèteraient
/a.ʃɛ.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 achète
/a.ʃɛt/		 achètes
/a.ʃɛt/		 achète
/a.ʃɛt/		 achetions
/a.ʃə.tjɔ̃/		 achetiez
/a.ʃə.tje/		 achètent
/a.ʃɛt/
imperfect2 achetasse
/aʃ.tas/		 achetasses
/aʃ.tas/		 achetât
/aʃ.ta/		 achetassions
/aʃ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 achetassiez
/aʃ.ta.sje/		 achetassent
/aʃ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — achète
/a.ʃɛt/		 — achetons
/aʃ.tɔ̃/		 achetez
/aʃ.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accattāre or *accaptāre, present active infinitive of *accattō or *accaptō, from Latin ad + captō.

Verb

acheter

  1. to purchase; buy

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. This verb has a stressed present stem achat distinct from the unstressed stem achet. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of acheter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive acheter avoir acheté
gerund en achetant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle achetant
past participle acheté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present achat achates achate achetons achetez achatent
imperfect achetoie, acheteie, achetoe, acheteve achetoies, acheteies, achetoes, acheteves achetoit, acheteit, achetot, acheteve achetiiens, achetiens achetiiez, achetiez achetoient, acheteient, achetoent, achetevent
preterite achetai achetas acheta achetames achetastes acheterent
future acheterai acheteras achetera acheterons acheteroiz, achetereiz, acheterez acheteront
conditional acheteroie, achetereie acheteroies, achetereies acheteroit, achetereit acheteriiens, acheteriens acheteriiez, acheteriez acheteroient, achetereient
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 achat achaz achat achetons achetez achatent
imperfect achetasse achetasses achetast achetissons, achetissiens achetissoiz, achetissez, achetissiez achetassent
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 –
— achate — achetons achetez —

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