inventer

English

Etymology

invent +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

inventer (plural inventers)

1. an inventor.

References

• “inventer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• reinvent, vintener

French

Etymology

From inventeur, or formed from Latin inventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te/

• Audio

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Verb

inventer

1. to invent (make something for the first time)
2. to invent (create a mistruth)

Conjugation

Conjugation of inventer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	inventer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	inventant /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		inventé /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/	inventes /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/	invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/	inventons /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɔ̃/	inventez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te/	inventent /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/
	imperfect	inventais /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛ/	inventais /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛ/	inventait /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛ/	inventions /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	inventiez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tje/	inventaient /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	inventai /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te/	inventas /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta/	inventa /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta/	inventâmes /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tam/	inventâtes /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tat/	inventèrent /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	inventerai /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁe/	inventeras /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁa/	inventera /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁa/	inventerons /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	inventerez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁe/	inventeront /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	inventerais /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/	inventerais /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/	inventerait /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/	inventerions /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	inventeriez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	inventeraient /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.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	invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/	inventes /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/	invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/	inventions /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	inventiez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tje/	inventent /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	inventasse /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tas/	inventasses /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tas/	inventât /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta/	inventassions /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	inventassiez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.ta.sje/	inventassent /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	invente /ɛ̃.vɑ̃t/	—	inventons /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.tɔ̃/	inventez /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.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

• ne pas avoir inventé l’eau chaude
• ne pas avoir inventé la poudre
• ne pas avoir inventé le fil à couper le beurre

Related terms

• inventeur

Further reading

• “inventer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• enivrent