été

Такође погледајте: ete, -ete, и -eté

French

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /e.te/

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Etymology 1

From Стари Француски esté, from Латински aestās, aestātem, ultimately from Пра-Индо-Европски *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).

Noun

été m (plural étés)

1. summer

Etymology 2

From Латински stātus, past participle of sistō (which was conflated with sum in Old French). Compare also the noun état.

Verb

1. past participle of être
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:

     Aussi essayait-il [d']accommoder [un nom à con cheval] qui désignât ce qu’il avait été avant d’entrer dans la chevalerie errante, et ce qu’il était alors.

     He tried to accommodate [a name for his horse] that would designate what he had been before entering into knight-errantry, and what he was currently.

2. (Louisiana) past participle of aller

Further reading

• “été” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).