riveter

English
A riveter (sense 2)

Etymology

rivet +‎ -er

Noun

riveter (plural riveters)

  1. A person whose job is to rivet.
    The riveter named Rosie was an iconic piece of American WWII propaganda.
  2. A machine or tool used to apply rivets.
    The beam couldn't support the weight of the riveter, so the workers were riveting by hand.

Synonyms
  • (tool): rivet gun

Translations

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From rivet +‎ -er

Verb

riveter

  1. (transitive) to rivet

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can also now be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of riveter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle rivetant
/ʁiv.tɑ̃/
past participle riveté
/ʁiv.te/
infinitive
simple riveter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple rivetant
/ʁiv.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 rivette or rivète
/ʁi.vɛt/		 rivettes or rivètes
/ʁi.vɛt/		 rivette or rivète
/ʁi.vɛt/		 rivetons
/ʁiv.tɔ̃/		 rivetez
/ʁiv.te/		 rivettent or rivètent
/ʁi.vɛt/
imperfect rivetais
/ʁiv.tɛ/		 rivetais
/ʁiv.tɛ/		 rivetait
/ʁiv.tɛ/		 rivetions
/ʁi.və.tjɔ̃/		 rivetiez
/ʁi.və.tje/		 rivetaient
/ʁiv.tɛ/
past historic2 rivetai
/ʁiv.te/		 rivetas
/ʁiv.ta/		 riveta
/ʁiv.ta/		 rivetâmes
/ʁiv.tam/		 rivetâtes
/ʁiv.tat/		 rivetèrent
/ʁiv.tɛʁ/
future rivetterai or rivèterai
/ʁi.vɛ.tʁe/		 rivetteras or rivèteras
/ʁi.vɛ.tʁa/		 rivettera or rivètera
/ʁi.vɛ.tʁa/		 rivetterons or rivèterons
/ʁi.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/		 rivetterez or rivèterez
/ʁi.vɛ.tʁe/		 rivetteront or rivèteront
/ʁi.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional rivetterais or rivèterais
/ʁi.vɛ.tʁɛ/		 rivetterais or rivèterais
/ʁi.vɛ.tʁɛ/		 rivetterait or rivèterait
/ʁi.vɛ.tʁɛ/		 rivetterions or rivèterions
/ʁi.vɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 rivetteriez or rivèteriez
/ʁi.vɛ.tə.ʁje/		 rivetteraient or rivèteraient
/ʁi.vɛ.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 rivette or rivète
/ʁi.vɛt/		 rivettes or rivètes
/ʁi.vɛt/		 rivette or rivète
/ʁi.vɛt/		 rivetions
/ʁi.və.tjɔ̃/		 rivetiez
/ʁi.və.tje/		 rivettent or rivètent
/ʁi.vɛt/
imperfect2 rivetasse
/ʁiv.tas/		 rivetasses
/ʁiv.tas/		 rivetât
/ʁiv.ta/		 rivetassions
/ʁiv.ta.sjɔ̃/		 rivetassiez
/ʁiv.ta.sje/		 rivetassent
/ʁiv.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rivette or rivète
/ʁi.vɛt/		 — rivetons
/ʁiv.tɔ̃/		 rivetez
/ʁiv.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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