dompter

French

Etymology

Latin domitō. The p is unetymological, also seen in terms like Old French dampner (Latin damnō, Modern French damner).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɔ̃.te/, /dɔ̃p.te/

Verb

dompter

  1. (transitive) to tame (a wild animal), break in (a horse)
  2. (transitive) to subdue, suppress (rebellion, uprising, emotions etc.)

Conjugation
Conjugation of dompter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle domptant
/dɔ̃.tɑ̃/ or /dɔ̃p.tɑ̃/
past participle dompté
/dɔ̃.te/ or /dɔ̃p.te/
infinitive
simple dompter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple domptant
/dɔ̃.tɑ̃/ or /dɔ̃p.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 dompte
/dɔ̃t/ or /dɔ̃pt/		 domptes
/dɔ̃t/ or /dɔ̃pt/		 dompte
/dɔ̃t/ or /dɔ̃pt/		 domptons
/dɔ̃.tɔ̃/ or /dɔ̃p.tɔ̃/		 domptez
/dɔ̃.te/ or /dɔ̃p.te/		 domptent
/dɔ̃t/ or /dɔ̃pt/
imperfect domptais
/dɔ̃.tɛ/ or /dɔ̃p.tɛ/		 domptais
/dɔ̃.tɛ/ or /dɔ̃p.tɛ/		 domptait
/dɔ̃.tɛ/ or /dɔ̃p.tɛ/		 domptions
/dɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ or /dɔ̃p.tjɔ̃/		 domptiez
/dɔ̃.tje/ or /dɔ̃p.tje/		 domptaient
/dɔ̃.tɛ/ or /dɔ̃p.tɛ/
past historic2 domptai
/dɔ̃.te/ or /dɔ̃p.te/		 domptas
/dɔ̃.ta/ or /dɔ̃p.ta/		 dompta
/dɔ̃.ta/ or /dɔ̃p.ta/		 domptâmes
/dɔ̃.tam/ or /dɔ̃p.tam/		 domptâtes
/dɔ̃.tat/ or /dɔ̃p.tat/		 domptèrent
/dɔ̃.tɛʁ/ or /dɔ̃p.tɛʁ/
future dompterai
/dɔ̃.tʁe/ or /dɔ̃p.tə.ʁe/		 dompteras
/dɔ̃.tʁa/ or /dɔ̃p.tə.ʁa/		 domptera
/dɔ̃.tʁa/ or /dɔ̃p.tə.ʁa/		 dompterons
/dɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ or /dɔ̃p.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 dompterez
/dɔ̃.tʁe/ or /dɔ̃p.tə.ʁe/		 dompteront
/dɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ or /dɔ̃p.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional dompterais
/dɔ̃.tʁɛ/ or /dɔ̃p.tə.ʁɛ/		 dompterais
/dɔ̃.tʁɛ/ or /dɔ̃p.tə.ʁɛ/		 dompterait
/dɔ̃.tʁɛ/ or /dɔ̃p.tə.ʁɛ/		 dompterions
/dɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /dɔ̃p.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 dompteriez
/dɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ or /dɔ̃p.tə.ʁje/		 dompteraient
/dɔ̃.tʁɛ/ or /dɔ̃p.tə.ʁɛ/
(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 dompte
/dɔ̃t/ or /dɔ̃pt/		 domptes
/dɔ̃t/ or /dɔ̃pt/		 dompte
/dɔ̃t/ or /dɔ̃pt/		 domptions
/dɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ or /dɔ̃p.tjɔ̃/		 domptiez
/dɔ̃.tje/ or /dɔ̃p.tje/		 domptent
/dɔ̃t/ or /dɔ̃pt/
imperfect2 domptasse
/dɔ̃.tas/ or /dɔ̃p.tas/		 domptasses
/dɔ̃.tas/ or /dɔ̃p.tas/		 domptât
/dɔ̃.ta/ or /dɔ̃p.ta/		 domptassions
/dɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /dɔ̃p.ta.sjɔ̃/		 domptassiez
/dɔ̃.ta.sje/ or /dɔ̃p.ta.sje/		 domptassent
/dɔ̃.tas/ or /dɔ̃p.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — dompte
/dɔ̃t/ or /dɔ̃pt/		 — domptons
/dɔ̃.tɔ̃/ or /dɔ̃p.tɔ̃/		 domptez
/dɔ̃.te/ or /dɔ̃p.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).

Synonyms

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.