billeter

English

Etymology

billet +‎ -er

Noun

billeter (plural billeters)

1. One who billets (lodges a soldier).
   • 1858, Great Britain. Public Record Office, Calendar of State Papers: Domestic Series (page 561)

     […] soldiers complain of being billeted in the houses of such poor people as are not able to provide for them; and the billeters complain that the soldier is not content with the provision made for him, […]

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

billeter

1. to label, tag

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of billeter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	billeter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	billetant /bij.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		billeté /bij.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	billette or billète /bi.jɛt/	billettes or billètes /bi.jɛt/	billette or billète /bi.jɛt/	billetons /bij.tɔ̃/	billetez /bij.te/	billettent or billètent /bi.jɛt/
	imperfect	billetais /bij.tɛ/	billetais /bij.tɛ/	billetait /bij.tɛ/	billetions /bi.jə.tjɔ̃/	billetiez /bi.jə.tje/	billetaient /bij.tɛ/
	past historic2	billetai /bij.te/	billetas /bij.ta/	billeta /bij.ta/	billetâmes /bij.tam/	billetâtes /bij.tat/	billetèrent /bij.tɛʁ/
	future	billetterai or billèterai /bi.jɛ.tʁe/ or /bi.je.tʁe/	billetteras or billèteras /bi.jɛ.tʁa/ or /bi.je.tʁa/	billettera or billètera /bi.jɛ.tʁa/ or /bi.je.tʁa/	billetterons or billèterons /bi.jɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bi.je.tʁɔ̃/	billetterez or billèterez /bi.jɛ.tʁe/ or /bi.je.tʁe/	billetteront or billèteront /bi.jɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bi.je.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	billetterais or billèterais /bi.jɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bi.je.tʁɛ/	billetterais or billèterais /bi.jɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bi.je.tʁɛ/	billetterait or billèterait /bi.jɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bi.je.tʁɛ/	billetterions or billèterions /bi.jɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bi.je.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	billetteriez or billèteriez /bi.jɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /bi.je.tə.ʁje/	billetteraient or billèteraient /bi.jɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bi.je.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	billette or billète /bi.jɛt/	billettes or billètes /bi.jɛt/	billette or billète /bi.jɛt/	billetions /bi.jə.tjɔ̃/	billetiez /bi.jə.tje/	billettent or billètent /bi.jɛt/
	imperfect2	billetasse /bij.tas/	billetasses /bij.tas/	billetât /bij.ta/	billetassions /bij.ta.sjɔ̃/	billetassiez /bij.ta.sje/	billetassent /bij.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	billette or billète /bi.jɛt/	—	billetons /bij.tɔ̃/	billetez /bij.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).