orbiter

English

Etymology

orbit +‎ -er

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Noun

orbiter (plural orbiters)

  1. An object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it.
    • 2021 February 9, Kenneth Chang, “Mars Mission From the U.A.E. Begins Orbit of Red Planet”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      One day after the Hope maneuver, a Chinese spacecraft, Tianwen-1, is to also enter orbit around Mars. The Chinese mission is carrying a lander and a rover to explore a large impact basin called Utopia Planitia, but those are not to detach from the orbiter and head to the surface until May.
  2. (slang, seduction community) A person who constantly hangs around with someone they are attracted to, but too shy to talk to.
    • 2015, Jack N. Raven, Penetration: A Tactical Manual on Forming Deep Emotional Connections!:
      The orbiters in her life in high likelihood like to talk about this and make themselves her emotional tampon and outlet.

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French

Etymology

From orbite +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔʁ.bi.te/
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Verb

orbiter

  1. to orbit (circle another object)

Conjugation
Conjugation of orbiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple orbiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple orbitant
/ɔʁ.bi.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle orbité
/ɔʁ.bi.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present orbite
/ɔʁ.bit/		 orbites
/ɔʁ.bit/		 orbite
/ɔʁ.bit/		 orbitons
/ɔʁ.bi.tɔ̃/		 orbitez
/ɔʁ.bi.te/		 orbitent
/ɔʁ.bit/
imperfect orbitais
/ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/		 orbitais
/ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/		 orbitait
/ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/		 orbitions
/ɔʁ.bi.tjɔ̃/		 orbitiez
/ɔʁ.bi.tje/		 orbitaient
/ɔʁ.bi.tɛ/
past historic2 orbitai
/ɔʁ.bi.te/		 orbitas
/ɔʁ.bi.ta/		 orbita
/ɔʁ.bi.ta/		 orbitâmes
/ɔʁ.bi.tam/		 orbitâtes
/ɔʁ.bi.tat/		 orbitèrent
/ɔʁ.bi.tɛʁ/
future orbiterai
/ɔʁ.bi.tʁe/		 orbiteras
/ɔʁ.bi.tʁa/		 orbitera
/ɔʁ.bi.tʁa/		 orbiterons
/ɔʁ.bi.tʁɔ̃/		 orbiterez
/ɔʁ.bi.tʁe/		 orbiteront
/ɔʁ.bi.tʁɔ̃/
conditional orbiterais
/ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/		 orbiterais
/ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/		 orbiterait
/ɔʁ.bi.tʁɛ/		 orbiterions
/ɔʁ.bi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 orbiteriez
/ɔʁ.bi.tə.ʁje/		 orbiteraient
/ɔʁ.bi.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 orbite
/ɔʁ.bit/		 orbites
/ɔʁ.bit/		 orbite
/ɔʁ.bit/		 orbitions
/ɔʁ.bi.tjɔ̃/		 orbitiez
/ɔʁ.bi.tje/		 orbitent
/ɔʁ.bit/
imperfect2 orbitasse
/ɔʁ.bi.tas/		 orbitasses
/ɔʁ.bi.tas/		 orbitât
/ɔʁ.bi.ta/		 orbitassions
/ɔʁ.bi.ta.sjɔ̃/		 orbitassiez
/ɔʁ.bi.ta.sje/		 orbitassent
/ɔʁ.bi.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — orbite
/ɔʁ.bit/		 — orbitons
/ɔʁ.bi.tɔ̃/		 orbitez
/ɔʁ.bi.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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