gîter

See also: giter

French

Alternative forms

• giter (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From gîte +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.te/

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Verb

gîter

1. (intransitive, nautical) to list, heel over
2. (intransitive, archaic, literary) to (take) shelter, rest

Conjugation

Conjugation of gîter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gîter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gîtant /ʒi.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gîté /ʒi.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gîte /ʒit/	gîtes /ʒit/	gîte /ʒit/	gîtons /ʒi.tɔ̃/	gîtez /ʒi.te/	gîtent /ʒit/
	imperfect	gîtais /ʒi.tɛ/	gîtais /ʒi.tɛ/	gîtait /ʒi.tɛ/	gîtions /ʒi.tjɔ̃/	gîtiez /ʒi.tje/	gîtaient /ʒi.tɛ/
	past historic2	gîtai /ʒi.te/	gîtas /ʒi.ta/	gîta /ʒi.ta/	gîtâmes /ʒi.tam/	gîtâtes /ʒi.tat/	gîtèrent /ʒi.tɛʁ/
	future	gîterai /ʒi.tʁe/	gîteras /ʒi.tʁa/	gîtera /ʒi.tʁa/	gîterons /ʒi.tʁɔ̃/	gîterez /ʒi.tʁe/	gîteront /ʒi.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gîterais /ʒi.tʁɛ/	gîterais /ʒi.tʁɛ/	gîterait /ʒi.tʁɛ/	gîterions /ʒi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	gîteriez /ʒi.tə.ʁje/	gîteraient /ʒi.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	gîte /ʒit/	gîtes /ʒit/	gîte /ʒit/	gîtions /ʒi.tjɔ̃/	gîtiez /ʒi.tje/	gîtent /ʒit/
	imperfect2	gîtasse /ʒi.tas/	gîtasses /ʒi.tas/	gîtât /ʒi.ta/	gîtassions /ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/	gîtassiez /ʒi.ta.sje/	gîtassent /ʒi.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gîte /ʒit/	—	gîtons /ʒi.tɔ̃/	gîtez /ʒi.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

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