relater

English

Etymology

From relate +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

relater (plural relaters)

1. Alternative form of relator

Anagrams

• alerter, alterer, realter

Danish

Verb

relater

1. imperative of relatere

French

Etymology

From Latin relātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.la.te/

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Verb

relater

1. (transitive) to relate, to recount

   Synonyms: raconter, rapporter

2. (transitive) to account

Conjugation

Conjugation of relater (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	relater
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	relatant /ʁə.la.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		relaté /ʁə.la.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	relate /ʁə.lat/	relates /ʁə.lat/	relate /ʁə.lat/	relatons /ʁə.la.tɔ̃/	relatez /ʁə.la.te/	relatent /ʁə.lat/
	imperfect	relatais /ʁə.la.tɛ/	relatais /ʁə.la.tɛ/	relatait /ʁə.la.tɛ/	relations /ʁə.la.tjɔ̃/	relatiez /ʁə.la.tje/	relataient /ʁə.la.tɛ/
	past historic2	relatai /ʁə.la.te/	relatas /ʁə.la.ta/	relata /ʁə.la.ta/	relatâmes /ʁə.la.tam/	relatâtes /ʁə.la.tat/	relatèrent /ʁə.la.tɛʁ/
	future	relaterai /ʁə.la.tʁe/	relateras /ʁə.la.tʁa/	relatera /ʁə.la.tʁa/	relaterons /ʁə.la.tʁɔ̃/	relaterez /ʁə.la.tʁe/	relateront /ʁə.la.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	relaterais /ʁə.la.tʁɛ/	relaterais /ʁə.la.tʁɛ/	relaterait /ʁə.la.tʁɛ/	relaterions /ʁə.la.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	relateriez /ʁə.la.tə.ʁje/	relateraient /ʁə.la.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	relate /ʁə.lat/	relates /ʁə.lat/	relate /ʁə.lat/	relations /ʁə.la.tjɔ̃/	relatiez /ʁə.la.tje/	relatent /ʁə.lat/
	imperfect2	relatasse /ʁə.la.tas/	relatasses /ʁə.la.tas/	relatât /ʁə.la.ta/	relatassions /ʁə.la.ta.sjɔ̃/	relatassiez /ʁə.la.ta.sje/	relatassent /ʁə.la.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	relate /ʁə.lat/	—	relatons /ʁə.la.tɔ̃/	relatez /ʁə.la.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

• susrelaté

Related terms

• relatif
• relation
• relationnel

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• alerter

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

relater

1. imperative of relatere