châtrer
French
Etymology
From Old French chastrer, inherited from Latin castrāre. Doublet of the learned borrowing castrer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.tʁe/, /ʃɑ.tʁe/
Audio (file) - Homophones: châtrai, châtré, châtrée, châtrées, châtrés, châtrez
Verb
châtrer
- to castrate
- Synonyms: castrer, émasculer
Conjugation
Conjugation of châtrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | châtrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | châtrant /ʃa.tʁɑ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | châtré /ʃa.tʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ | châtres /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ | châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ | châtrons /ʃa.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɔ̃/ | châtrez /ʃa.tʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁe/ | châtrent /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ |
| imperfect | châtrais /ʃa.tʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛ/ | châtrais /ʃa.tʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛ/ | châtrait /ʃa.tʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛ/ | châtrions /ʃa.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | châtriez /ʃa.tʁi.je/ or /ʃɑ.tʁi.je/ | châtraient /ʃa.tʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | châtrai /ʃa.tʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁe/ | châtras /ʃa.tʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa/ | châtra /ʃa.tʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa/ | châtrâmes /ʃa.tʁam/ or /ʃɑ.tʁam/ | châtrâtes /ʃa.tʁat/ or /ʃɑ.tʁat/ | châtrèrent /ʃa.tʁɛʁ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | châtrerai /ʃa.tʁə.ʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁe/ | châtreras /ʃa.tʁə.ʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁa/ | châtrera /ʃa.tʁə.ʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁa/ | châtrerons /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | châtrerez /ʃa.tʁə.ʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁe/ | châtreront /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | châtrerais /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | châtrerais /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | châtrerait /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | châtrerions /ʃa.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | châtreriez /ʃa.tʁə.ʁje/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁje/ | châtreraient /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ | châtres /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ | châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ | châtrions /ʃa.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | châtriez /ʃa.tʁi.je/ or /ʃɑ.tʁi.je/ | châtrent /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | châtrasse /ʃa.tʁas/ or /ʃɑ.tʁas/ | châtrasses /ʃa.tʁas/ or /ʃɑ.tʁas/ | châtrât /ʃa.tʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa/ | châtrassions /ʃa.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ | châtrassiez /ʃa.tʁa.sje/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa.sje/ | châtrassent /ʃa.tʁas/ or /ʃɑ.tʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ | — | châtrons /ʃa.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɔ̃/ | châtrez /ʃa.tʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁe/ | — | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- castration
- castré
- castrer
- châtrable
- châtré
- châtreur
- châtron
- châtrure
Further reading
- “châtrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- charter