phagocyter

French

Etymology

phagocyte +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fa.ɡɔ.si.te/
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Verb

phagocyter

  1. (transitive, biology) to phagocytize
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to swallow up
    • 2022 February 24, Lucas Minisini, “A Avion, la candidature de Fabien Roussel donne des ailes aux militants”, in Le Monde‎:
      Cette commune du Pas-de-Calais est l’un des derniers bastions communistes d’une région du Nord phagocytée par l’extrême droite.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Conjugation
Conjugation of phagocyter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple phagocyter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple phagocytant
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle phagocyté
/fa.ɡɔ.si.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present phagocyte
/fa.ɡɔ.sit/		 phagocytes
/fa.ɡɔ.sit/		 phagocyte
/fa.ɡɔ.sit/		 phagocytons
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tɔ̃/		 phagocytez
/fa.ɡɔ.si.te/		 phagocytent
/fa.ɡɔ.sit/
imperfect phagocytais
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tɛ/		 phagocytais
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tɛ/		 phagocytait
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tɛ/		 phagocytions
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tjɔ̃/		 phagocytiez
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tje/		 phagocytaient
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tɛ/
past historic2 phagocytai
/fa.ɡɔ.si.te/		 phagocytas
/fa.ɡɔ.si.ta/		 phagocyta
/fa.ɡɔ.si.ta/		 phagocytâmes
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tam/		 phagocytâtes
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tat/		 phagocytèrent
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tɛʁ/
future phagocyterai
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tʁe/		 phagocyteras
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tʁa/		 phagocytera
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tʁa/		 phagocyterons
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tʁɔ̃/		 phagocyterez
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tʁe/		 phagocyteront
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tʁɔ̃/
conditional phagocyterais
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tʁɛ/		 phagocyterais
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tʁɛ/		 phagocyterait
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tʁɛ/		 phagocyterions
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 phagocyteriez
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tə.ʁje/		 phagocyteraient
/fa.ɡɔ.si.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 phagocyte
/fa.ɡɔ.sit/		 phagocytes
/fa.ɡɔ.sit/		 phagocyte
/fa.ɡɔ.sit/		 phagocytions
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tjɔ̃/		 phagocytiez
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tje/		 phagocytent
/fa.ɡɔ.sit/
imperfect2 phagocytasse
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tas/		 phagocytasses
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tas/		 phagocytât
/fa.ɡɔ.si.ta/		 phagocytassions
/fa.ɡɔ.si.ta.sjɔ̃/		 phagocytassiez
/fa.ɡɔ.si.ta.sje/		 phagocytassent
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — phagocyte
/fa.ɡɔ.sit/		 — phagocytons
/fa.ɡɔ.si.tɔ̃/		 phagocytez
/fa.ɡɔ.si.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).

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