doter

See also: dôter

English

Etymology

dote +‎ -er

Noun

doter (plural doters)

  1. One who dotes; a person whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dōtāre, present active infinitive of dōtō. Doublet of douer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɔ.te/

Verb

doter

  1. (transitive) to endow, donate
  2. (transitive) to fund
    L'école accueille 170 élèves dans des salles propres, mais pauvrement dotées.
    The school welcomes 170 pupils to its clean, but poorly funded classrooms.

Conjugation
Conjugation of doter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle dotant
/dɔ.tɑ̃/
past participle doté
/dɔ.te/
infinitive
simple doter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple dotant
/dɔ.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 dote
/dɔt/		 dotes
/dɔt/		 dote
/dɔt/		 dotons
/dɔ.tɔ̃/		 dotez
/dɔ.te/		 dotent
/dɔt/
imperfect dotais
/dɔ.tɛ/		 dotais
/dɔ.tɛ/		 dotait
/dɔ.tɛ/		 dotions
/dɔ.tjɔ̃/		 dotiez
/dɔ.tje/		 dotaient
/dɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 dotai
/dɔ.te/		 dotas
/dɔ.ta/		 dota
/dɔ.ta/		 dotâmes
/dɔ.tam/		 dotâtes
/dɔ.tat/		 dotèrent
/dɔ.tɛʁ/
future doterai
/dɔ.tʁe/		 doteras
/dɔ.tʁa/		 dotera
/dɔ.tʁa/		 doterons
/dɔ.tʁɔ̃/		 doterez
/dɔ.tʁe/		 doteront
/dɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional doterais
/dɔ.tʁɛ/		 doterais
/dɔ.tʁɛ/		 doterait
/dɔ.tʁɛ/		 doterions
/dɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 doteriez
/dɔ.tə.ʁje/		 doteraient
/dɔ.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 dote
/dɔt/		 dotes
/dɔt/		 dote
/dɔt/		 dotions
/dɔ.tjɔ̃/		 dotiez
/dɔ.tje/		 dotent
/dɔt/
imperfect2 dotasse
/dɔ.tas/		 dotasses
/dɔ.tas/		 dotât
/dɔ.ta/		 dotassions
/dɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 dotassiez
/dɔ.ta.sje/		 dotassent
/dɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — dote
/dɔt/		 — dotons
/dɔ.tɔ̃/		 dotez
/dɔ.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

Latin

Verb

dōter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dōtō

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin dubitō.

Verb

doter

  1. to doubt
  2. to fear; to be afraid (of)
    • 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 11, column 1, line 19:
      Saint Lorenz dit torment ne dot
      Saint Laurence says he doesn't fear torture

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 doter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive doter avoir doté
gerund en dotant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle dotant
past participle doté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present dot dotes dote dotons dotez dotent
imperfect dotoie, doteie, dotoe, doteve dotoies, doteies, dotoes, doteves dotoit, doteit, dotot, doteve dotiiens, dotiens dotiiez, dotiez dotoient, doteient, dotoent, dotevent
preterite dotai dotas dota dotames dotastes doterent
future doterai doteras dotera doterons doteroiz, dotereiz, doterez doteront
conditional doteroie, dotereie doteroies, dotereies doteroit, dotereit doteriiens, doteriens doteriiez, doteriez doteroient, dotereient
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 dot doz dot dotons dotez dotent
imperfect dotasse dotasses dotast dotissons, dotissiens dotissoiz, dotissez, dotissiez dotassent
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 –
— dote — dotons dotez —

Descendants

References

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriz, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d̥ùːte̞ɾ], [d̥òʊ̯ːte̞ɾ]
    Rhymes: -ùːtɛr

Noun

doter f

  1. daughter

Derived terms
  • mågromdoter
  • sónadoter
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