See être in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "ça a été"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "ça y est"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "ceci étant"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "cela étant"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "c’est"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "en être"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "être à"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "il était une fois"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "n’est-ce pas"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "peut-être"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "quel que soit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "quoi que ce soit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "quoi qu’il en soit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "raison d’être"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "si ce n’est"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "s’en être"
}
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"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "ine-pro",
"inh": "2"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "frm",
"3": "-"
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{
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"2": "fro",
"3": "estre"
},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "la-eme",
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},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "la",
"3": "sto",
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},
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},
{
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"2": "VL.",
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{
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French and Old French estre and ester, respectively from Early Medieval Latin essere (< esse \"be\") and Latin stāre (“stand”). Conjugations reflect both but more so the former. The form suis \"(I) am\" appears to reflect Vulgar Latin *suiō < Latin sum. Compare ai \"(I) have\", sais \"(I) know\" < *aiō, *saiō < habeō, sapiō.",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
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"present",
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"plural",
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"plural",
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},
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"plural",
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]
},
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"plural"
]
},
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"plural",
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]
},
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]
},
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},
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]
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{
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]
},
{
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},
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},
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},
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"present",
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]
},
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},
{
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"present",
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"singular"
]
},
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},
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},
{
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},
{
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"multiword-construction"
]
},
{
"form": "s’étant",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gerund",
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ayant",
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"multiword-construction",
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "été",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
]
},
{
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"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "vous êtes",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
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"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vous fûtes",
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"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "me serai",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"future",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "te seras",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "se sera",
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"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"future",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"plural",
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "se serait",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nous serions",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vous seriez",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "se seraient",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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},
{
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},
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},
{
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"Rhymes:French/ɛtʁ",
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"Louisiana"
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},
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"homophone": "aître"
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"homophone": "aîtres"
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"homophone": "êtres (general)"
},
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"homophone": "hêtre"
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"homophone": "hêtres (aspirated)"
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}
Download raw JSONL data for être meaning in French (25.3kB)
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