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Inherited from Old French alaitier, from Late Latin allactāre, derived from Latin lac (“milk”, noun). By surface analysis, a- +‎ lait +‎ -er.

  • IPA(key): /a.lɛ.te/ ~ /a.le.te/

allaiter

  1. (transitive) to breastfeed
  2. (of an animal) to suckle
infinitive simple allaiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple allaitant
/a.lɛ.tɑ̃/ or /a.le.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle allaité
/a.lɛ.te/ or /a.le.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present allaite
/a.lɛt/ 		allaites
/a.lɛt/ 		allaite
/a.lɛt/ 		allaitons
/a.lɛ.tɔ̃/ or /a.le.tɔ̃/ 		allaitez
/a.lɛ.te/ or /a.le.te/ 		allaitent
/a.lɛt/
imperfect allaitais
/a.lɛ.tɛ/ or /a.le.tɛ/ 		allaitais
/a.lɛ.tɛ/ or /a.le.tɛ/ 		allaitait
/a.lɛ.tɛ/ or /a.le.tɛ/ 		allaitions
/a.lɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /a.le.tjɔ̃/ 		allaitiez
/a.lɛ.tje/ or /a.le.tje/ 		allaitaient
/a.lɛ.tɛ/ or /a.le.tɛ/
past historic2 allaitai
/a.lɛ.te/ or /a.le.te/ 		allaitas
/a.lɛ.ta/ or /a.le.ta/ 		allaita
/a.lɛ.ta/ or /a.le.ta/ 		allaitâmes
/a.lɛ.tam/ or /a.le.tam/ 		allaitâtes
/a.lɛ.tat/ or /a.le.tat/ 		allaitèrent
/a.lɛ.tɛʁ/ or /a.le.tɛʁ/
future allaiterai
/a.lɛ.tʁe/ or /a.le.tʁe/ 		allaiteras
/a.lɛ.tʁa/ or /a.le.tʁa/ 		allaitera
/a.lɛ.tʁa/ or /a.le.tʁa/ 		allaiterons
/a.lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.le.tʁɔ̃/ 		allaiterez
/a.lɛ.tʁe/ or /a.le.tʁe/ 		allaiteront
/a.lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.le.tʁɔ̃/
conditional allaiterais
/a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/ 		allaiterais
/a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/ 		allaiterait
/a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/ 		allaiterions
/a.lɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.le.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		allaiteriez
/a.lɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /a.le.tə.ʁje/ 		allaiteraient
/a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.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 allaite
/a.lɛt/ 		allaites
/a.lɛt/ 		allaite
/a.lɛt/ 		allaitions
/a.lɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /a.le.tjɔ̃/ 		allaitiez
/a.lɛ.tje/ or /a.le.tje/ 		allaitent
/a.lɛt/
imperfect2 allaitasse
/a.lɛ.tas/ or /a.le.tas/ 		allaitasses
/a.lɛ.tas/ or /a.le.tas/ 		allaitât
/a.lɛ.ta/ or /a.le.ta/ 		allaitassions
/a.lɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /a.le.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		allaitassiez
/a.lɛ.ta.sje/ or /a.le.ta.sje/ 		allaitassent
/a.lɛ.tas/ or /a.le.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — allaite
/a.lɛt/ 		— allaitons
/a.lɛ.tɔ̃/ or /a.le.tɔ̃/ 		allaitez
/a.lɛ.te/ or /a.le.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).