"été" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /e.te/ Audio: Fr-été-fr CA.ogg Forms: étés [plural]
Rhymes: -e Etymology: Inherited from Old French esté, from Latin aestātem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|esté|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French esté, {{inh+|fr|fro|esté}} Inherited from Old French esté, {{inh|fr|la|aestās|aestātem}} Latin aestātem, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*h₂eydʰ-||burn; fire}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} été m (plural étés)
  1. summer Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Seasons Derived forms: été de la Saint-Martin, heure d’été, solstice d’été Related terms: estival, estivant, estivation, estive, estiver, printemps (english: spring), automne (english: autumn), hiver (english: winter), thérophyte, xérothère
    Sense id: en-été-fr-noun-6DZkJVxp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 12 41 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /e.te/ Audio: Fr-été-fr CA.ogg
Rhymes: -e Etymology: Inherited from Old French esté, past participle of ester (“to stand, to be (stative)”) (which was conflated with estre in Old French); from Latin stātus, past participle of stāre (“to stand”). Compare also the noun état. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|esté|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French esté, {{inh+|fr|fro|esté}} Inherited from Old French esté, {{m|fro|ester||to stand, to be (stative)}} ester (“to stand, to be (stative)”), {{m|fro|estre}} estre, {{inh|fr|la|stātus}} Latin stātus, {{m|la|stāre||to stand}} stāre (“to stand”), {{doublet|fr|état|notext=1}} état Head templates: {{fr-past participle|intr=1}} été (intransitive, hence invariable)
  1. past participle of être Tags: form-of, intransitive, participle, past Form of: être
    Sense id: en-été-fr-verb-dRzwPKQ2 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 12 41 46
  2. (Louisiana) past participle of aller Tags: Louisiana, form-of, intransitive, participle, past Form of: aller
    Sense id: en-été-fr-verb-pEJQ7NVP Categories (other): Louisiana French, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 12 41 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: hence invariable",
  "path": [
    "été"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "participle",
  "title": "été",
  "trace": ""
}

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