capter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin captāre, present active infinitive of captō.

Verb

capter

  1. to capture, to catch, to pick up
  2. to detect, to sense, to receive (Note: capteur means sensor)
  3. (informal) to understand
    On dirait qu'il a rien capté de c'que j'lui ai raconté.

Conjugation
Conjugation of capter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle captant
/kap.tɑ̃/
past participle capté
/kap.te/
infinitive
simple capter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple captant
/kap.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms
  • (informal: to understand): piger

Derived terms

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Interlingue

Verb

capter

  1. to catch

Latin

Verb

capter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of captō
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