tempter

English

Etymology

tempt +‎ -er

Noun

tempter (plural tempters)

Someone or something that tempts.
A seducer, especially a man who seduces.
He is a tempter of married women.

Related terms

temptress

Translations

Someone that tempts

Catalan: temptador m, temptadora f
French: tentateur (fr) m
German: Verführer (de), Versucher

Interlingue: tentator
Polish: kusiciel (pl) m pers

Male seducer

Catalan: seductor m

Polish: uwodziciel (pl) m

Latin

Verb

tempter

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of temptō

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin tempto

Verb

tempter

to tempt; to act as a temptation
- circa 1110,, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:
  Li tierz de vus mult ert temptez
  A third of you were very tempted

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of tempter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tempter			avoir tempté
gerund		en temptant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		temptant
past participle		tempté
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	tempte	temptes	tempte	temptons	temptez	temptent
	imperfect	temptoie, tempteie, temptoe, tempteve	temptoies, tempteies, temptoes, tempteves	temptoit, tempteit, temptot, tempteve	temptiiens, temptiens	temptiiez, temptiez	temptoient, tempteient, temptoent, temptevent
	preterite	temptai	temptas	tempta	temptames	temptastes	tempterent
	future	tempterai	tempteras	temptera	tempterons	tempteroiz, temptereiz, tempterez	tempteront
	conditional	tempteroie, temptereie	tempteroies, temptereies	tempteroit, temptereit	tempteriiens, tempteriens	tempteriiez, tempteriez	tempteroient, temptereient
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	tempte	temptes	tempte	temptons	temptez	temptent
simple tenses	imperfect	temptasse	temptasses	temptast	temptissons, temptissiens	temptissoiz, temptissez, temptissiez	temptassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	tempte	—	temptons	temptez	—

Descendants

English: tempt

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