objecter

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔb.ʒɛk.te/

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Verb

objecter

1. (transitive) to object to (oppose oneself to something or someone)
2. (transitive) to adduce, to allege (propose as a justification or excuse)

   Synonym: alléguer

Conjugation

Conjugation of objecter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	objecter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	objectant /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		objecté /ɔb.ʒɛk.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	objecte /ɔb.ʒɛkt/	objectes /ɔb.ʒɛkt/	objecte /ɔb.ʒɛkt/	objectons /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɔ̃/	objectez /ɔb.ʒɛk.te/	objectent /ɔb.ʒɛkt/
	imperfect	objectais /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɛ/	objectais /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɛ/	objectait /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɛ/	objections /ɔb.ʒɛk.tjɔ̃/	objectiez /ɔb.ʒɛk.tje/	objectaient /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɛ/
	past historic2	objectai /ɔb.ʒɛk.te/	objectas /ɔb.ʒɛk.ta/	objecta /ɔb.ʒɛk.ta/	objectâmes /ɔb.ʒɛk.tam/	objectâtes /ɔb.ʒɛk.tat/	objectèrent /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɛʁ/
	future	objecterai /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁe/	objecteras /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁa/	objectera /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁa/	objecterons /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/	objecterez /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁe/	objecteront /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	objecterais /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	objecterais /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	objecterait /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁɛ/	objecterions /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	objecteriez /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁje/	objecteraient /ɔb.ʒɛk.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	objecte /ɔb.ʒɛkt/	objectes /ɔb.ʒɛkt/	objecte /ɔb.ʒɛkt/	objections /ɔb.ʒɛk.tjɔ̃/	objectiez /ɔb.ʒɛk.tje/	objectent /ɔb.ʒɛkt/
	imperfect2	objectasse /ɔb.ʒɛk.tas/	objectasses /ɔb.ʒɛk.tas/	objectât /ɔb.ʒɛk.ta/	objectassions /ɔb.ʒɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/	objectassiez /ɔb.ʒɛk.ta.sje/	objectassent /ɔb.ʒɛk.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	objecte /ɔb.ʒɛkt/	—	objectons /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɔ̃/	objectez /ɔb.ʒɛk.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

• objecteur/objecteuse
• objectif
• objection

Further reading

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