Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gambit
Participle: gambited
Gerund: gambiting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | gambit |
| you | gambit |
| he;she;it | gambits |
| we | gambit |
| you | gambit |
| they | gambit |
Perfect
| I | have gambited |
| you | have gambited |
| he;she;it | has gambited |
| we | have gambited |
| you | have gambited |
| they | have gambited |
Past
| I | gambited |
| you | gambited |
| he;she;it | gambited |
| we | gambited |
| you | gambited |
| they | gambited |
Pluperfect
| I | had gambited |
| you | had gambited |
| he;she;it | had gambited |
| we | had gambited |
| you | had gambited |
| they | had gambited |
Future
| I | will gambit |
| you | will gambit |
| he;she;it | will gambit |
| we | will gambit |
| you | will gambit |
| they | will gambit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gambited |
| you | will have gambited |
| he;she;it | will have gambited |
| we | will have gambited |
| you | will have gambited |
| they | will have gambited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gambit |
| you | gambit |
| he;she;it | gambit |
| we | gambit |
| you | gambit |
| they | gambit |
Perfect
| I | have gambited |
| you | have gambited |
| he;she;it | have gambited |
| we | have gambited |
| you | have gambited |
| they | have gambited |
Imperfect
| I | gambited |
| you | gambited |
| he;she;it | gambited |
| we | gambited |
| you | gambited |
| they | gambited |
Pluperfect
| I | had gambited |
| you | had gambited |
| he;she;it | had gambited |
| we | had gambited |
| you | had gambited |
| they | had gambited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gambit |
| you | would gambit |
| he;she;it | would gambit |
| we | would gambit |
| you | would gambit |
| they | would gambit |
Perfect
| I | would have gambited |
| you | would have gambited |
| he;she;it | would have gambited |
| we | would have gambited |
| you | would have gambited |
| they | would have gambited |
Imperative
| you | gambit |
| we | Let's gambit |
| you | gambit |
Verbs conjugated like 'gambit'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gambit'
amit,
babbit,
gait,
gamble,
gambol,
gaybait,
habit,
abet,
abut,
admit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-
3. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
5. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
6. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂empeh₂
7. Proto-Hellenic *kampā́
8. Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ)bor.
9. Late Latin gamba
10. Italian gamba
11. Proto-Indo-European *-tós
12. Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
13. Late Latin -ittus
14. Italian -etto
15. Italian gambettobor.
16. English gambit
17. Borrowed from Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from gamba (“leg”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). First attested in 1656.
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