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== Bourbonnais-Berrichon == === Etymology === From Old French estre, from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse. === Verb === être to be ==== Conjugation ==== == French == === Etymology === From Middle French and Old French estre and ester, respectively from Early Medieval Latin essere (< esse "be") and Latin stāre (“stand”). Conjugations reflect both but more so the former. The form suis "(I) am" appears to reflect Vulgar Latin *suiō < Latin sum. Compare ai "(I) have", sais "(I) know" < *aiō, *saiō < habeō, sapiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛtʁ/ Rhymes: -ɛtʁ IPA(key): /ɛːtʁ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium and Canada) (Louisiana) IPA(key): /ɛtrə/, /dɛt/ Homophones: aître, aîtres, êtres (general), hêtre, hêtres (aspirated) Hyphenation: être === Verb === être (copulative) to be (auxiliary) used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs) (auxiliary) used to form the passive voice ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== French terms starting with “être” ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Noun === être m (plural êtres) being, creature (uncountable) being, the state or fact of existence ==== Related terms ==== être humain === Further reading === “être - verb”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “être - noun”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Lorrain == === Etymology === From Old French estre, from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse. === Verb === être to be ==== Conjugation ==== == Norman == === Pronunciation === === Verb === être (Jersey) alternative form of ête (“to be”)