banqueter

English

Alternative forms

• banquetter

Etymology

banquet +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbænkwɪtɚ/

Noun

banqueter (plural banqueters)

1. A guest at a banquet.

   Between courses, the banqueters were entertained by minstrels in medieval garb.

Synonyms

• banqueteer
• banquetgoer
• feaster

Translations

banqueteer — see banqueteer

French

Etymology

From banquet +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃k.te/

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Verb

banqueter

1. to banquet, feast

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of banqueter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	banqueter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	banquetant /bɑ̃k.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		banqueté /bɑ̃k.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	banquette or banquète /bɑ̃.kɛt/	banquettes or banquètes /bɑ̃.kɛt/	banquette or banquète /bɑ̃.kɛt/	banquetons /bɑ̃k.tɔ̃/	banquetez /bɑ̃k.te/	banquettent or banquètent /bɑ̃.kɛt/
	imperfect	banquetais /bɑ̃k.tɛ/	banquetais /bɑ̃k.tɛ/	banquetait /bɑ̃k.tɛ/	banquetions /bɑ̃.kə.tjɔ̃/	banquetiez /bɑ̃.kə.tje/	banquetaient /bɑ̃k.tɛ/
	past historic2	banquetai /bɑ̃k.te/	banquetas /bɑ̃k.ta/	banqueta /bɑ̃k.ta/	banquetâmes /bɑ̃k.tam/	banquetâtes /bɑ̃k.tat/	banquetèrent /bɑ̃k.tɛʁ/
	future	banquetterai or banquèterai /bɑ̃.kɛ.tʁe/ or /bɑ̃.ke.tʁe/	banquetteras or banquèteras /bɑ̃.kɛ.tʁa/ or /bɑ̃.ke.tʁa/	banquettera or banquètera /bɑ̃.kɛ.tʁa/ or /bɑ̃.ke.tʁa/	banquetterons or banquèterons /bɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bɑ̃.ke.tʁɔ̃/	banquetterez or banquèterez /bɑ̃.kɛ.tʁe/ or /bɑ̃.ke.tʁe/	banquetteront or banquèteront /bɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bɑ̃.ke.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	banquetterais or banquèterais /bɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bɑ̃.ke.tʁɛ/	banquetterais or banquèterais /bɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bɑ̃.ke.tʁɛ/	banquetterait or banquèterait /bɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bɑ̃.ke.tʁɛ/	banquetterions or banquèterions /bɑ̃.kɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɑ̃.ke.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	banquetteriez or banquèteriez /bɑ̃.kɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /bɑ̃.ke.tə.ʁje/	banquetteraient or banquèteraient /bɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bɑ̃.ke.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	banquette or banquète /bɑ̃.kɛt/	banquettes or banquètes /bɑ̃.kɛt/	banquette or banquète /bɑ̃.kɛt/	banquetions /bɑ̃.kə.tjɔ̃/	banquetiez /bɑ̃.kə.tje/	banquettent or banquètent /bɑ̃.kɛt/
	imperfect2	banquetasse /bɑ̃k.tas/	banquetasses /bɑ̃k.tas/	banquetât /bɑ̃k.ta/	banquetassions /bɑ̃k.ta.sjɔ̃/	banquetassiez /bɑ̃k.ta.sje/	banquetassent /bɑ̃k.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	banquette or banquète /bɑ̃.kɛt/	—	banquetons /bɑ̃k.tɔ̃/	banquetez /bɑ̃k.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

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