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

• flateren (“to blunder”)

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

• flateour

Descendants

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