inerter

English

Etymology

inert +‎ -er

Noun

inerter (plural inerters)

1. (automotive, motor racing, engineering) An active suspension component that is the dual of the spring. A device that reacts similarly to a spring but 180-degrees out of phase.

Coordinate terms

• damper
• J-damper
• mass damper
• shock
• spring
• strut

French

Etymology

From inerte +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nɛʁ.te/

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Verb

inerter

1. to replace a dangerous gas with a safe one
2. to make inert or safe (especially radioactive waste)

Conjugation

Conjugation of inerter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	inerter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	inertant /i.nɛʁ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		inerté /i.nɛʁ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	inerte /i.nɛʁt/	inertes /i.nɛʁt/	inerte /i.nɛʁt/	inertons /i.nɛʁ.tɔ̃/	inertez /i.nɛʁ.te/	inertent /i.nɛʁt/
	imperfect	inertais /i.nɛʁ.tɛ/	inertais /i.nɛʁ.tɛ/	inertait /i.nɛʁ.tɛ/	inertions /i.nɛʁ.tjɔ̃/	inertiez /i.nɛʁ.tje/	inertaient /i.nɛʁ.tɛ/
	past historic2	inertai /i.nɛʁ.te/	inertas /i.nɛʁ.ta/	inerta /i.nɛʁ.ta/	inertâmes /i.nɛʁ.tam/	inertâtes /i.nɛʁ.tat/	inertèrent /i.nɛʁ.tɛʁ/
	future	inerterai /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁe/	inerteras /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁa/	inertera /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁa/	inerterons /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/	inerterez /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁe/	inerteront /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	inerterais /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	inerterais /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	inerterait /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	inerterions /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	inerteriez /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁje/	inerteraient /i.nɛʁ.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	inerte /i.nɛʁt/	inertes /i.nɛʁt/	inerte /i.nɛʁt/	inertions /i.nɛʁ.tjɔ̃/	inertiez /i.nɛʁ.tje/	inertent /i.nɛʁt/
	imperfect2	inertasse /i.nɛʁ.tas/	inertasses /i.nɛʁ.tas/	inertât /i.nɛʁ.ta/	inertassions /i.nɛʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/	inertassiez /i.nɛʁ.ta.sje/	inertassent /i.nɛʁ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	inerte /i.nɛʁt/	—	inertons /i.nɛʁ.tɔ̃/	inertez /i.nɛʁ.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).

Derived terms

• inertage

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rentier, retenir, terrien, terrine

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany):

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Adjective

inerter

1. comparative degree of inert

Adjective

inerter

1. inflection of inert:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪˈnɛr.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iˈnɛr.t̪er]

Adverb

inerter (comparative inertius, superlative inertissimē)

1. inactively, unskillfully

References

• Definition - Numen - The Latin Lexicon - An Online Latin Dictionary - A Dictionary of the Latin Language