alerter

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Noun

alerter (plural alerters)

1. One who or that which alerts.

Adjective

alerter

1. comparative form of alert: more alert

Anagrams

• alterer, realter, relater

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈlɛrtər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aler‧ter

Adjective

alerter

1. comparative degree of alert

French

Etymology

From alerte +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lɛʁ.te/

• Audio:

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Verb

alerter

1. (transitive) to alert

Conjugation

Conjugation of alerter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	alerter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	alertant /a.lɛʁ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		alerté /a.lɛʁ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	alerte /a.lɛʁt/	alertes /a.lɛʁt/	alerte /a.lɛʁt/	alertons /a.lɛʁ.tɔ̃/	alertez /a.lɛʁ.te/	alertent /a.lɛʁt/
	imperfect	alertais /a.lɛʁ.tɛ/	alertais /a.lɛʁ.tɛ/	alertait /a.lɛʁ.tɛ/	alertions /a.lɛʁ.tjɔ̃/	alertiez /a.lɛʁ.tje/	alertaient /a.lɛʁ.tɛ/
	past historic2	alertai /a.lɛʁ.te/	alertas /a.lɛʁ.ta/	alerta /a.lɛʁ.ta/	alertâmes /a.lɛʁ.tam/	alertâtes /a.lɛʁ.tat/	alertèrent /a.lɛʁ.tɛʁ/
	future	alerterai /a.lɛʁ.tə.ʁe/	alerteras /a.lɛʁ.tə.ʁa/	alertera /a.lɛʁ.tə.ʁa/	alerterons /a.lɛʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/	alerterez /a.lɛʁ.tə.ʁe/	alerteront /a.lɛʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	alerterais /a.lɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	alerterais /a.lɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	alerterait /a.lɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	alerterions /a.lɛʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	alerteriez /a.lɛʁ.tə.ʁje/	alerteraient /a.lɛʁ.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	alerte /a.lɛʁt/	alertes /a.lɛʁt/	alerte /a.lɛʁt/	alertions /a.lɛʁ.tjɔ̃/	alertiez /a.lɛʁ.tje/	alertent /a.lɛʁt/
	imperfect2	alertasse /a.lɛʁ.tas/	alertasses /a.lɛʁ.tas/	alertât /a.lɛʁ.ta/	alertassions /a.lɛʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/	alertassiez /a.lɛʁ.ta.sje/	alertassent /a.lɛʁ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	alerte /a.lɛʁt/	—	alertons /a.lɛʁ.tɔ̃/	alertez /a.lɛʁ.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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• relater