escompter

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛs.kɔ̃.te/
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Verb

escompter

  1. to discount because of a payment by anticipation
  2. to anticipate, to be in the hope of

Conjugation
Conjugation of escompter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple escompter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple escomptant
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle escompté
/ɛs.kɔ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present escompte
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/		 escomptes
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/		 escompte
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/		 escomptons
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɔ̃/		 escomptez
/ɛs.kɔ̃.te/		 escomptent
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/
imperfect escomptais
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɛ/		 escomptais
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɛ/		 escomptait
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɛ/		 escomptions
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/		 escomptiez
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tje/		 escomptaient
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 escomptai
/ɛs.kɔ̃.te/		 escomptas
/ɛs.kɔ̃.ta/		 escompta
/ɛs.kɔ̃.ta/		 escomptâmes
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tam/		 escomptâtes
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tat/		 escomptèrent
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɛʁ/
future escompterai
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁe/		 escompteras
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁa/		 escomptera
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁa/		 escompterons
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 escompterez
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁe/		 escompteront
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional escompterais
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/		 escompterais
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/		 escompterait
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/		 escompterions
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 escompteriez
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tə.ʁje/		 escompteraient
/ɛs.kɔ̃.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 escompte
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/		 escomptes
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/		 escompte
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/		 escomptions
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/		 escomptiez
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tje/		 escomptent
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/
imperfect2 escomptasse
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tas/		 escomptasses
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tas/		 escomptât
/ɛs.kɔ̃.ta/		 escomptassions
/ɛs.kɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 escomptassiez
/ɛs.kɔ̃.ta.sje/		 escomptassent
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — escompte
/ɛs.kɔ̃t/		 — escomptons
/ɛs.kɔ̃.tɔ̃/		 escomptez
/ɛs.kɔ̃.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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