douter

See also: doûter

English

Etymology

dout (“to put out”) +‎ -er.

Noun

douter (plural douters)

  1. (obsolete) An extinguisher for candles.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for douter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

Alternative forms
  • doubter (obsolete)
  • doûter (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dubitāre, present active infinitive of dubitō.

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

douter

  1. (followed by the preposition de) to doubt
    Il ne faut pas douter de la bonne foi de son interlocuteur.
    Je doute qu'il y parvienne.
    J'en doute. - I doubt that.
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to suspect, to have an inkling
    Je me doutais qu'il n'allait pas bien, mais je ne savais pas que c'était à ce point-là.
    Il s'en doute bien.

Conjugation
Conjugation of douter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle doutant
/du.tɑ̃/
past participle douté
/du.te/
infinitive
simple douter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple doutant
/du.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 doute
/dut/		 doutes
/dut/		 doute
/dut/		 doutons
/du.tɔ̃/		 doutez
/du.te/		 doutent
/dut/
imperfect doutais
/du.tɛ/		 doutais
/du.tɛ/		 doutait
/du.tɛ/		 doutions
/du.tjɔ̃/		 doutiez
/du.tje/		 doutaient
/du.tɛ/
past historic2 doutai
/du.te/		 doutas
/du.ta/		 douta
/du.ta/		 doutâmes
/du.tam/		 doutâtes
/du.tat/		 doutèrent
/du.tɛʁ/
future douterai
/du.tʁe/		 douteras
/du.tʁa/		 doutera
/du.tʁa/		 douterons
/du.tʁɔ̃/		 douterez
/du.tʁe/		 douteront
/du.tʁɔ̃/
conditional douterais
/du.tʁɛ/		 douterais
/du.tʁɛ/		 douterait
/du.tʁɛ/		 douterions
/du.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 douteriez
/du.tə.ʁje/		 douteraient
/du.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 doute
/dut/		 doutes
/dut/		 doute
/dut/		 doutions
/du.tjɔ̃/		 doutiez
/du.tje/		 doutent
/dut/
imperfect2 doutasse
/du.tas/		 doutasses
/du.tas/		 doutât
/du.ta/		 doutassions
/du.ta.sjɔ̃/		 doutassiez
/du.ta.sje/		 doutassent
/du.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — doute
/dut/		 — doutons
/du.tɔ̃/		 doutez
/du.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).

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Anagrams

Middle French

Verb

douter

  1. Alternative form of doubter

Old French

Verb

douter

  1. Alternative form of doter

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 douter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive douter avoir douté
gerund en doutant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle doutant
past participle douté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present dout doutes doute doutons doutez doutent
imperfect doutoie, douteie, doutoe, douteve doutoies, douteies, doutoes, douteves doutoit, douteit, doutot, douteve doutiiens, doutiens doutiiez, doutiez doutoient, douteient, doutoent, doutevent
preterite doutai doutas douta doutames doutastes douterent
future douterai douteras doutera douterons douteroiz, doutereiz, douterez douteront
conditional douteroie, doutereie douteroies, doutereies douteroit, doutereit douteriiens, douteriens douteriiez, douteriez douteroient, doutereient
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 dout douz dout doutons doutez doutent
imperfect doutasse doutasses doutast doutissons, doutissiens doutissoiz, doutissez, doutissiez doutassent
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 –
— doute — doutons doutez —
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