"flatter" meaning in French

See flatter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /fla.te/ Audio: Fr-flatter.ogg
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, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*plÁt-}} Proto-Indo-European *plÁt-, {{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 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]
  1. to flatter
    Sense id: en-flatter-fr-verb-sLVwlmQj Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 46 54
  2. to pet, to caress
    Sense id: en-flatter-fr-verb-beJh4PaI Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flatterie, flatteur

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flatteur"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
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        "4": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French flatter (“to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand”)",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "flater",
        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*flat",
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      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *flat (“palm, flat of the hand”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*flatą"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flatą",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
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        "3": "*plÁt-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "",
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      "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”)",
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    },
    {
      "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",
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    }
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  "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",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattassiez",
      "ipa": "/fla.ta.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flattassent",
      "ipa": "/fla.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "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",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-21 using wiktextract (7c21d10 and f2e72e5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.