dilater

English

Alternative forms

• dilator

Etymology

From dilate +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

dilater (plural dilaters)

1. One who, or that which, dilates, expands, or enlarges.

Further reading

• “dilater”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• redtail, trailed, trialed

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.la.te/

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Verb

dilater

1. (transitive) to dilate

Conjugation

Conjugation of dilater (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	dilater
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	dilatant /di.la.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		dilaté /di.la.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	dilate /di.lat/	dilates /di.lat/	dilate /di.lat/	dilatons /di.la.tɔ̃/	dilatez /di.la.te/	dilatent /di.lat/
	imperfect	dilatais /di.la.tɛ/	dilatais /di.la.tɛ/	dilatait /di.la.tɛ/	dilations /di.la.tjɔ̃/	dilatiez /di.la.tje/	dilataient /di.la.tɛ/
	past historic2	dilatai /di.la.te/	dilatas /di.la.ta/	dilata /di.la.ta/	dilatâmes /di.la.tam/	dilatâtes /di.la.tat/	dilatèrent /di.la.tɛʁ/
	future	dilaterai /di.la.tʁe/	dilateras /di.la.tʁa/	dilatera /di.la.tʁa/	dilaterons /di.la.tʁɔ̃/	dilaterez /di.la.tʁe/	dilateront /di.la.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	dilaterais /di.la.tʁɛ/	dilaterais /di.la.tʁɛ/	dilaterait /di.la.tʁɛ/	dilaterions /di.la.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	dilateriez /di.la.tə.ʁje/	dilateraient /di.la.tʁɛ/
(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	dilate /di.lat/	dilates /di.lat/	dilate /di.lat/	dilations /di.la.tjɔ̃/	dilatiez /di.la.tje/	dilatent /di.lat/
	imperfect2	dilatasse /di.la.tas/	dilatasses /di.la.tas/	dilatât /di.la.ta/	dilatassions /di.la.ta.sjɔ̃/	dilatassiez /di.la.ta.sje/	dilatassent /di.la.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	dilate /di.lat/	—	dilatons /di.la.tɔ̃/	dilatez /di.la.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).

Related terms

• dilatation
• dilation

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• délirât

Latin

Verb

dīlāter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dīlātō

Middle French

Etymology

Attested at least as early as 1314, borrowed from Latin dīlātō.

Verb

dilater

1. (transitive) to spread
2. (reflexive, se dilater) to spread out; to cover a larger area than before
   • (Can we date this quote?)

     La ou la mer s'espant et se dilate

     In the place where the sea expands and spreads out

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of dilater

infinitive	simple	dilater
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	dilatant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		dilaté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	dilate	dilates	dilate	dilatons	dilatez	dilatent
	imperfect	dilatois, dilatoys	dilatois, dilatoys	dilatoit, dilatoyt	dilations, dilatyons	dilatiez, dilatyez	dilatoient, dilatoyent
	past historic	dilata	dilatas	dilata	dilatasmes	dilatastes	dilaterent
	future	dilaterai, dilateray	dilateras	dilatera	dilaterons	dilaterez	dilateront
	conditional	dilaterois, dilateroys	dilaterois, dilateroys	dilateroit, dilateroyt	dilaterions, dilateryons	dilateriez, dilateryez	dilateroient, dilateroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	dilate	dilates	dilate	dilatons	dilatez	dilatent
	imperfect	dilatasse	dilatasses	dilatast	dilatassions	dilatassiez	dilatassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	dilate	—	dilatons	dilatez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).