flatter in French

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Etymology: Inherited from Middle French flatter (“to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand”), from Old French flater (“to deceive by concealing the truth, to stroke with the palm of the hand”), from Frankish *flat (“palm, flat of the hand”), from Proto-Germanic *flatą, *flatō (“palm, sole”), *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plÁt-, *pele-, *plet-, *plāk- (“flat, broad, plain”). Cognate with Old High German flazza (“palm, flat of the hand”), Old High German flaz (“level, flat”), Old Saxon flat (“flat”), Old Norse flatr (“flat”) (whence English flat), Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”), Old English flet, flett (“ground floor, dwelling”). More at flat, flétrir. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|flatter||to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French flatter (“to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand”), {{inh+|fr|frm|flatter||to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand}} Inherited from Middle French flatter (“to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand”), {{inh|fr|fro|flater||to deceive by concealing the truth, to stroke with the palm of the hand}} Old French flater (“to deceive by concealing the truth, to stroke with the palm of the hand”), {{der|fr|frk|*flat|t=palm, flat of the hand}} Frankish *flat (“palm, flat of the hand”), {{der|fr|gem-pro|*flatą}} Proto-Germanic *flatą, {{m|gem-pro|*flatō||palm, sole}} *flatō (“palm, sole”), {{m|gem-pro|*flataz||flat}} *flataz (“flat”), {{der|fr|ine-pro|*plÁt-}} Proto-Indo-European *plÁt-, {{m|ine-pro|*pele-}} *pele-, {{m|ine-pro|*plet-}} *plet-, {{m|ine-pro|*plāk-||flat, broad, plain}} *plāk- (“flat, broad, plain”), {{cog|goh|flazza||palm, flat of the hand}} Old High German flazza (“palm, flat of the hand”), {{cog|goh|flaz||level, flat}} Old High German flaz (“level, flat”), {{cog|osx|flat||flat}} Old Saxon flat (“flat”), {{cog|non|flatr||flat}} Old Norse flatr (“flat”), {{cog|en|flat}} English flat, {{cog|ofs|flet|flet, flette|dwelling, house}} Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”), {{cog|ang|flet}} Old English flet, {{m|ang|flett||ground floor, dwelling}} flett (“ground floor, dwelling”), {{m|en|flat}} flat, {{m|fr|flétrir}} flétrir Head templates: {{fr-verb}} flatter Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], flatter [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], flattant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], flatté [participle, past], flatte [first-person, indicative, present, singular], flattes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], flatte [indicative, present, singular, third-person], flattons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], flattez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], flattent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], flattais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], flattais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], flattait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], flattions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], flattiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], flattaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], flattai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], flattas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], flatta [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], flattâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], flattâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], flattèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], flatterai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], flatteras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], flattera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], flatterons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], flatterez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], flatteront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], flatterais [conditional, first-person, singular], flatterais [conditional, second-person, singular], flatterait [conditional, singular, third-person], flatterions [conditional, first-person, plural], flatteriez [conditional, plural, second-person], flatteraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], flatte [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], flattes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], flatte [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], flattions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], flattiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], flattent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], flattasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], flattasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], flattât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], flattassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], flattassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], flattassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], flatte [imperative, second-person, singular], flattons [first-person, imperative, plural], flattez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flatterie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flatteur"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "flatter",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French flatter (“to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "flatter",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French flatter (“to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand”)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "flater",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to deceive by concealing the truth, to stroke with the palm of the hand"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French flater (“to deceive by concealing the truth, to stroke with the palm of the hand”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*flat",
        "t": "palm, flat of the hand"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *flat (“palm, flat of the hand”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*flatą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flatą",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*flatō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "palm, sole"
      },
      "expansion": "*flatō (“palm, sole”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*flataz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "flat"
      },
      "expansion": "*flataz (“flat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*plÁt-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *plÁt-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*pele-"
      },
      "expansion": "*pele-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*plet-"
      },
      "expansion": "*plet-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*plāk-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "flat, broad, plain"
      },
      "expansion": "*plāk- (“flat, broad, plain”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "flazza",
        "3": "",
        "4": "palm, flat of the hand"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German flazza (“palm, flat of the hand”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "flaz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "level, flat"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German flaz (“level, flat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "flat",
        "3": "",
        "4": "flat"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon flat (“flat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "flatr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "flat"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse flatr (“flat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "flat"
      },
      "expansion": "English flat",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "flet",
        "3": "flet, flette",
        "4": "dwelling, house"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "flet"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English flet",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "flett",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ground floor, dwelling"
      },
      "expansion": "flett (“ground floor, dwelling”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "flat"
      },
      "expansion": "flat",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "flétrir"
      },
      "expansion": "flétrir",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French flatter (“to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand”), from Old French flater (“to deceive by concealing the truth, to stroke with the palm of the hand”), from Frankish *flat (“palm, flat of the hand”), from Proto-Germanic *flatą, *flatō (“palm, sole”), *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plÁt-, *pele-, *plet-, *plāk- (“flat, broad, plain”). Cognate with Old High German flazza (“palm, flat of the hand”), Old High German flaz (“level, flat”), Old Saxon flat (“flat”), Old Norse flatr (“flat”) (whence English flat), Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”), Old English flet, flett (“ground floor, dwelling”). More at flat, flétrir.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatter",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattant",
      "ipa": "/fla.tɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatté",
      "ipa": "/fla.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatte",
      "ipa": "/flat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattes",
      "ipa": "/flat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatte",
      "ipa": "/flat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattons",
      "ipa": "/fla.tɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattez",
      "ipa": "/fla.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattent",
      "ipa": "/flat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattais",
      "ipa": "/fla.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattais",
      "ipa": "/fla.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattait",
      "ipa": "/fla.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattions",
      "ipa": "/fla.tjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattiez",
      "ipa": "/fla.tje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattaient",
      "ipa": "/fla.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattai",
      "ipa": "/fla.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattas",
      "ipa": "/fla.ta/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatta",
      "ipa": "/fla.ta/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattâmes",
      "ipa": "/fla.tam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattâtes",
      "ipa": "/fla.tat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattèrent",
      "ipa": "/fla.tɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatterai",
      "ipa": "/fla.tʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatteras",
      "ipa": "/fla.tʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattera",
      "ipa": "/fla.tʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatterons",
      "ipa": "/fla.tʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatterez",
      "ipa": "/fla.tʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatteront",
      "ipa": "/fla.tʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatterais",
      "ipa": "/fla.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatterais",
      "ipa": "/fla.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatterait",
      "ipa": "/fla.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatterions",
      "ipa": "/fla.tə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatteriez",
      "ipa": "/fla.tə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatteraient",
      "ipa": "/fla.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatte",
      "ipa": "/flat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattes",
      "ipa": "/flat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatte",
      "ipa": "/flat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattions",
      "ipa": "/fla.tjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattiez",
      "ipa": "/fla.tje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattent",
      "ipa": "/flat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattasse",
      "ipa": "/fla.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattasses",
      "ipa": "/fla.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattât",
      "ipa": "/fla.ta/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattassions",
      "ipa": "/fla.ta.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatte",
      "ipa": "/flat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattons",
      "ipa": "/fla.tɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattez",
      "ipa": "/fla.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "flatter",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to flatter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flatter",
          "flatter#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pet, to caress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pet",
          "pet"
        ],
        [
          "caress",
          "caress"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fla.te/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-flatter.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/Fr-flatter.ogg/Fr-flatter.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Fr-flatter.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flatter"
}

"flatter" meaning in French

Verb

Inflected forms