asphalter

English

Etymology

From asphalt +‎ -er.

Noun

asphalter (plural asphalters)

1. One who pours or works with asphalt.

Translations

Translations

Polish: asfalciarz (pl) m

Anagrams

• Leapharts

French

Etymology

From asphalte (“asphalt”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.fal.te/

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• Homophones: asphalté, asphaltez, asphaltai

Verb

asphalter

1. (transitive) to asphalt

Conjugation

Conjugation of asphalter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	asphalter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	asphaltant /as.fal.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		asphalté /as.fal.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	asphalte /as.falt/	asphaltes /as.falt/	asphalte /as.falt/	asphaltons /as.fal.tɔ̃/	asphaltez /as.fal.te/	asphaltent /as.falt/
	imperfect	asphaltais /as.fal.tɛ/	asphaltais /as.fal.tɛ/	asphaltait /as.fal.tɛ/	asphaltions /as.fal.tjɔ̃/	asphaltiez /as.fal.tje/	asphaltaient /as.fal.tɛ/
	past historic2	asphaltai /as.fal.te/	asphaltas /as.fal.ta/	asphalta /as.fal.ta/	asphaltâmes /as.fal.tam/	asphaltâtes /as.fal.tat/	asphaltèrent /as.fal.tɛʁ/
	future	asphalterai /as.fal.tə.ʁe/	asphalteras /as.fal.tə.ʁa/	asphaltera /as.fal.tə.ʁa/	asphalterons /as.fal.tə.ʁɔ̃/	asphalterez /as.fal.tə.ʁe/	asphalteront /as.fal.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	asphalterais /as.fal.tə.ʁɛ/	asphalterais /as.fal.tə.ʁɛ/	asphalterait /as.fal.tə.ʁɛ/	asphalterions /as.fal.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	asphalteriez /as.fal.tə.ʁje/	asphalteraient /as.fal.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	asphalte /as.falt/	asphaltes /as.falt/	asphalte /as.falt/	asphaltions /as.fal.tjɔ̃/	asphaltiez /as.fal.tje/	asphaltent /as.falt/
	imperfect2	asphaltasse /as.fal.tas/	asphaltasses /as.fal.tas/	asphaltât /as.fal.ta/	asphaltassions /as.fal.ta.sjɔ̃/	asphaltassiez /as.fal.ta.sje/	asphaltassent /as.fal.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	asphalte /as.falt/	—	asphaltons /as.fal.tɔ̃/	asphaltez /as.fal.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).

Further reading

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