inciter
English
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Etymology
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Noun
inciter (plural inciters)
- One who incites.
- 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 369:
- ‘Someone put those disrespectful imbeciles up to what they did! And I want that inciter in custody else I’ll do what I did in the war, else I’ll show every single one of you why they call me Tuvy!’
Translations
one who incites
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
inciter
Usage notes
The French term inciter is a false friend of the English incite: In English, incite has a stronger, more forceful meaning.
Conjugation
Conjugation of inciter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | inciter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | incitant /ɛ̃.si.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | incité /ɛ̃.si.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | incite /ɛ̃.sit/ |
incites /ɛ̃.sit/ |
incite /ɛ̃.sit/ |
incitons /ɛ̃.si.tɔ̃/ |
incitez /ɛ̃.si.te/ |
incitent /ɛ̃.sit/ |
| imperfect | incitais /ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ |
incitais /ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ |
incitait /ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ |
incitions /ɛ̃.si.tjɔ̃/ |
incitiez /ɛ̃.si.tje/ |
incitaient /ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | incitai /ɛ̃.si.te/ |
incitas /ɛ̃.si.ta/ |
incita /ɛ̃.si.ta/ |
incitâmes /ɛ̃.si.tam/ |
incitâtes /ɛ̃.si.tat/ |
incitèrent /ɛ̃.si.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | inciterai /ɛ̃.si.tʁe/ |
inciteras /ɛ̃.si.tʁa/ |
incitera /ɛ̃.si.tʁa/ |
inciterons /ɛ̃.si.tʁɔ̃/ |
inciterez /ɛ̃.si.tʁe/ |
inciteront /ɛ̃.si.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | inciterais /ɛ̃.si.tʁɛ/ |
inciterais /ɛ̃.si.tʁɛ/ |
inciterait /ɛ̃.si.tʁɛ/ |
inciterions /ɛ̃.si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
inciteriez /ɛ̃.si.tə.ʁje/ |
inciteraient /ɛ̃.si.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 | incite /ɛ̃.sit/ |
incites /ɛ̃.sit/ |
incite /ɛ̃.sit/ |
incitions /ɛ̃.si.tjɔ̃/ |
incitiez /ɛ̃.si.tje/ |
incitent /ɛ̃.sit/ |
| imperfect2 | incitasse /ɛ̃.si.tas/ |
incitasses /ɛ̃.si.tas/ |
incitât /ɛ̃.si.ta/ |
incitassions /ɛ̃.si.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
incitassiez /ɛ̃.si.ta.sje/ |
incitassent /ɛ̃.si.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | incite /ɛ̃.sit/ |
— | incitons /ɛ̃.si.tɔ̃/ |
incitez /ɛ̃.si.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “inciter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Latin
Verb
inciter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of incitō