dynamiter
English
Etymology
dynamite + -er
Noun
dynamiter (plural dynamiters)
- A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully.
- (US, slang) A high-pressure salesman.
- 1954, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, FHA Investigation: Hearings (page 2397)
- Would you say it was fair to describe these salesmen that were in your crews as dynamiters, or suede shoe salesmen?
- 1954, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, FHA Investigation: Hearings (page 2397)
Translations
person who uses dynamite
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Further reading
- Jonathon Green (2023), “dynamiter n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
dynamiter
- (transitive) to dynamite (blow up with dynamite)
Conjugation
Conjugation of dynamiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | dynamiter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | dynamitant /di.na.mi.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | dynamité /di.na.mi.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | dynamite /di.na.mit/ | dynamites /di.na.mit/ | dynamite /di.na.mit/ | dynamitons /di.na.mi.tɔ̃/ | dynamitez /di.na.mi.te/ | dynamitent /di.na.mit/ |
| imperfect | dynamitais /di.na.mi.tɛ/ | dynamitais /di.na.mi.tɛ/ | dynamitait /di.na.mi.tɛ/ | dynamitions /di.na.mi.tjɔ̃/ | dynamitiez /di.na.mi.tje/ | dynamitaient /di.na.mi.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | dynamitai /di.na.mi.te/ | dynamitas /di.na.mi.ta/ | dynamita /di.na.mi.ta/ | dynamitâmes /di.na.mi.tam/ | dynamitâtes /di.na.mi.tat/ | dynamitèrent /di.na.mi.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | dynamiterai /di.na.mi.tʁe/ | dynamiteras /di.na.mi.tʁa/ | dynamitera /di.na.mi.tʁa/ | dynamiterons /di.na.mi.tʁɔ̃/ | dynamiterez /di.na.mi.tʁe/ | dynamiteront /di.na.mi.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | dynamiterais /di.na.mi.tʁɛ/ | dynamiterais /di.na.mi.tʁɛ/ | dynamiterait /di.na.mi.tʁɛ/ | dynamiterions /di.na.mi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | dynamiteriez /di.na.mi.tə.ʁje/ | dynamiteraient /di.na.mi.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 | dynamite /di.na.mit/ | dynamites /di.na.mit/ | dynamite /di.na.mit/ | dynamitions /di.na.mi.tjɔ̃/ | dynamitiez /di.na.mi.tje/ | dynamitent /di.na.mit/ |
| imperfect2 | dynamitasse /di.na.mi.tas/ | dynamitasses /di.na.mi.tas/ | dynamitât /di.na.mi.ta/ | dynamitassions /di.na.mi.ta.sjɔ̃/ | dynamitassiez /di.na.mi.ta.sje/ | dynamitassent /di.na.mi.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dynamite /di.na.mit/ | — | dynamitons /di.na.mi.tɔ̃/ | dynamitez /di.na.mi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- dynamiteur
Further reading
- “dynamiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.