inerter
English
Etymology
Noun
inerter (plural inerters)
- (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
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.nɛʁ.te/
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Verb
inerter
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “inerter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
inerter
- comparative degree of inert
Adjective
inerter
- inflection of inert:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪˈnɛr.tɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈnɛr.t̪er]
Adverb
inerter (comparative inertius, superlative inertissimē)