capter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin captāre.

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.
    He looks like [or it's as if] he hasn't understood anything I've told him.
  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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