bretter

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From brette +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bʁɛ.te/, /bʁe.te/
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Verb[edit]

bretter

  1. (intransitive) to pick quarrels, to pick fights
    Synonym: ferrailler

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of bretter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bretter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple brettant
/bʁɛ.tɑ̃/ or /bʁe.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bretté
/bʁɛ.te/ or /bʁe.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present brette
/bʁɛt/ 		brettes
/bʁɛt/ 		brette
/bʁɛt/ 		brettons
/bʁɛ.tɔ̃/ or /bʁe.tɔ̃/ 		brettez
/bʁɛ.te/ or /bʁe.te/ 		brettent
/bʁɛt/
imperfect brettais
/bʁɛ.tɛ/ or /bʁe.tɛ/ 		brettais
/bʁɛ.tɛ/ or /bʁe.tɛ/ 		brettait
/bʁɛ.tɛ/ or /bʁe.tɛ/ 		brettions
/bʁɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /bʁe.tjɔ̃/ 		brettiez
/bʁɛ.tje/ or /bʁe.tje/ 		brettaient
/bʁɛ.tɛ/ or /bʁe.tɛ/
past historic2 brettai
/bʁɛ.te/ or /bʁe.te/ 		brettas
/bʁɛ.ta/ or /bʁe.ta/ 		bretta
/bʁɛ.ta/ or /bʁe.ta/ 		brettâmes
/bʁɛ.tam/ or /bʁe.tam/ 		brettâtes
/bʁɛ.tat/ or /bʁe.tat/ 		brettèrent
/bʁɛ.tɛʁ/ or /bʁe.tɛʁ/
future bretterai
/bʁɛ.tʁe/ or /bʁe.tʁe/ 		bretteras
/bʁɛ.tʁa/ or /bʁe.tʁa/ 		brettera
/bʁɛ.tʁa/ or /bʁe.tʁa/ 		bretterons
/bʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bʁe.tʁɔ̃/ 		bretterez
/bʁɛ.tʁe/ or /bʁe.tʁe/ 		bretteront
/bʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bʁe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional bretterais
/bʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁe.tʁɛ/ 		bretterais
/bʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁe.tʁɛ/ 		bretterait
/bʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁe.tʁɛ/ 		bretterions
/bʁɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bʁe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bretteriez
/bʁɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /bʁe.tə.ʁje/ 		bretteraient
/bʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bʁe.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 brette
/bʁɛt/ 		brettes
/bʁɛt/ 		brette
/bʁɛt/ 		brettions
/bʁɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /bʁe.tjɔ̃/ 		brettiez
/bʁɛ.tje/ or /bʁe.tje/ 		brettent
/bʁɛt/
imperfect2 brettasse
/bʁɛ.tas/ or /bʁe.tas/ 		brettasses
/bʁɛ.tas/ or /bʁe.tas/ 		brettât
/bʁɛ.ta/ or /bʁe.ta/ 		brettassions
/bʁɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /bʁe.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		brettassiez
/bʁɛ.ta.sje/ or /bʁe.ta.sje/ 		brettassent
/bʁɛ.tas/ or /bʁe.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — brette
/bʁɛt/ 		— brettons
/bʁɛ.tɔ̃/ or /bʁe.tɔ̃/ 		brettez
/bʁɛ.te/ or /bʁe.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).

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bretter

  1. inflection of brettern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

bretter n

  1. indefinite plural of brett

Verb[edit]

bretter

  1. present of brette
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