capter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin captāre, present active infinitive of captō.

Pronunciation

Verb

capter

  1. to capture, to catch, to pick up
  2. to detect, to sense, to receive
  3. (informal) to understand
    Synonyms: piger, entraver, comprendre
    On dirait qu'il a rien capté de c'que j'lui ai raconté.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (informal) to meet or see someone

Conjugation
Conjugation of capter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple capter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple captant
/kap.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle capté
/kap.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present capte
/kapt/		 captes
/kapt/		 capte
/kapt/		 captons
/kap.tɔ̃/		 captez
/kap.te/		 captent
/kapt/
imperfect captais
/kap.tɛ/		 captais
/kap.tɛ/		 captait
/kap.tɛ/		 captions
/kap.tjɔ̃/		 captiez
/kap.tje/		 captaient
/kap.tɛ/
past historic2 captai
/kap.te/		 captas
/kap.ta/		 capta
/kap.ta/		 captâmes
/kap.tam/		 captâtes
/kap.tat/		 captèrent
/kap.tɛʁ/
future capterai
/kap.tə.ʁe/		 capteras
/kap.tə.ʁa/		 captera
/kap.tə.ʁa/		 capterons
/kap.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 capterez
/kap.tə.ʁe/		 capteront
/kap.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional capterais
/kap.tə.ʁɛ/		 capterais
/kap.tə.ʁɛ/		 capterait
/kap.tə.ʁɛ/		 capterions
/kap.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 capteriez
/kap.tə.ʁje/		 capteraient
/kap.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 capte
/kapt/		 captes
/kapt/		 capte
/kapt/		 captions
/kap.tjɔ̃/		 captiez
/kap.tje/		 captent
/kapt/
imperfect2 captasse
/kap.tas/		 captasses
/kap.tas/		 captât
/kap.ta/		 captassions
/kap.ta.sjɔ̃/		 captassiez
/kap.ta.sje/		 captassent
/kap.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — capte
/kapt/		 — captons
/kap.tɔ̃/		 captez
/kap.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Verb

capter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of captō
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