connecter

English

Etymology

From connect +‎ -er.

Noun

connecter (plural connecters)

1. Alternative form of connector

Anagrams

• concenter, concentre, reconnect

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ(n).nɛk.te/

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Verb

connecter

1. to connect
2. (computing) to log in; to sign in
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Conjugation

Conjugation of connecter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	connecter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	connectant /kɔ(n).nɛk.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		connecté /kɔ(n).nɛk.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	connecte /kɔ(n).nɛkt/	connectes /kɔ(n).nɛkt/	connecte /kɔ(n).nɛkt/	connectons /kɔ(n).nɛk.tɔ̃/	connectez /kɔ(n).nɛk.te/	connectent /kɔ(n).nɛkt/
	imperfect	connectais /kɔ(n).nɛk.tɛ/	connectais /kɔ(n).nɛk.tɛ/	connectait /kɔ(n).nɛk.tɛ/	connections /kɔ(n).nɛk.tjɔ̃/	connectiez /kɔ(n).nɛk.tje/	connectaient /kɔ(n).nɛk.tɛ/
	past historic2	connectai /kɔ(n).nɛk.te/	connectas /kɔ(n).nɛk.ta/	connecta /kɔ(n).nɛk.ta/	connectâmes /kɔ(n).nɛk.tam/	connectâtes /kɔ(n).nɛk.tat/	connectèrent /kɔ(n).nɛk.tɛʁ/
	future	connecterai /kɔ(n).nɛk.tə.ʁe/	connecteras /kɔ(n).nɛk.tə.ʁa/	connectera /kɔ(n).nɛk.tə.ʁa/	connecterons /kɔ(n).nɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/	connecterez /kɔ(n).nɛk.tə.ʁe/	connecteront /kɔ(n).nɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	connecterais /kɔ(n).nɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	connecterais /kɔ(n).nɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	connecterait /kɔ(n).nɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	connecterions /kɔ(n).nɛk.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	connecteriez /kɔ(n).nɛk.tə.ʁje/	connecteraient /kɔ(n).nɛk.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	connecte /kɔ(n).nɛkt/	connectes /kɔ(n).nɛkt/	connecte /kɔ(n).nɛkt/	connections /kɔ(n).nɛk.tjɔ̃/	connectiez /kɔ(n).nɛk.tje/	connectent /kɔ(n).nɛkt/
	imperfect2	connectasse /kɔ(n).nɛk.tas/	connectasses /kɔ(n).nɛk.tas/	connectât /kɔ(n).nɛk.ta/	connectassions /kɔ(n).nɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/	connectassiez /kɔ(n).nɛk.ta.sje/	connectassent /kɔ(n).nɛk.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	connecte /kɔ(n).nɛkt/	—	connectons /kɔ(n).nɛk.tɔ̃/	connectez /kɔ(n).nɛk.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).

Related terms

• connexion
• déconnecter

Descendants

• → Dutch: connecteren
• → Franco-Provençal: conèctar
• → Occitan: connectar
• → Romanian: conecta

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• concentre, concentré