flater

See also: Flater, flatër, and flåter

Dutch

Etymology

From flateren (“to chit-chat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈflaː.tər/
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  • Hyphenation: fla‧ter
  • Rhymes: -aːtər

Noun

flater m (plural flaters, diminutive flatertje n)

  1. A blunder, a blooper, a stupid mistake.
  2. (obsolete) Chatter, banter, chit-chat.

Derived terms

Latin

Verb

flāter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of flātō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

flater m or f

  1. indefinite plural of flate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

flater f

  1. indefinite plural of flate

Old French

Etymology

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Verb

flater

  1. to flatter; to seduce with words

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of flater (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive flater avoir flaté
gerund en flatant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle flatant
past participle flaté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present flat flates flate flatons flatez flatent
imperfect flatoie, flateie, flatoe, flateve flatoies, flateies, flatoes, flateves flatoit, flateit, flatot, flateve flatiiens, flatiens flatiiez, flatiez flatoient, flateient, flatoent, flatevent
preterite flatai flatas flata flatames flatastes flaterent
future flaterai flateras flatera flaterons flateroiz, flatereiz, flaterez flateront
conditional flateroie, flatereie flateroies, flatereies flateroit, flatereit flateriiens, flateriens flateriiez, flateriez flateroient, flatereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present flat flaz flat flatons flatez flatent
imperfect flatasse flatasses flatast flatissons, flatissiens flatissoiz, flatissez, flatissiez flatassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— flate — flatons flatez —

Derived terms

Descendants
  • English: to flatter
  • French: flatter
  • Norman: fliatter
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