jerker
See also: Jerker
English
Etymology
jerk + -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)
Noun
jerker (plural jerkers)
- A North American river chub, a hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus).
- Someone or something that jerks.
Derived terms
- soda jerker
- tear-jerker
Further reading
- jerker at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
From English jerk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒɛʁ.ke/, /ʒɛʁ.ke/
Audio (file)
Verb
jerker
- (intransitive) to dance the jerk
Conjugation
Conjugation of jerker (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | jerker | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | jerkant /dʒɛʁ.kɑ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | jerké /dʒɛʁ.ke/ or /ʒɛʁ.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | jerke /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/ | jerkes /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/ | jerke /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/ | jerkons /dʒɛʁ.kɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɔ̃/ | jerkez /dʒɛʁ.ke/ or /ʒɛʁ.ke/ | jerkent /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/ |
| imperfect | jerkais /dʒɛʁ.kɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɛ/ | jerkais /dʒɛʁ.kɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɛ/ | jerkait /dʒɛʁ.kɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɛ/ | jerkions /dʒɛʁ.kjɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kjɔ̃/ | jerkiez /dʒɛʁ.kje/ or /ʒɛʁ.kje/ | jerkaient /dʒɛʁ.kɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | jerkai /dʒɛʁ.ke/ or /ʒɛʁ.ke/ | jerkas /dʒɛʁ.ka/ or /ʒɛʁ.ka/ | jerka /dʒɛʁ.ka/ or /ʒɛʁ.ka/ | jerkâmes /dʒɛʁ.kam/ or /ʒɛʁ.kam/ | jerkâtes /dʒɛʁ.kat/ or /ʒɛʁ.kat/ | jerkèrent /dʒɛʁ.kɛʁ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | jerkerai /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁe/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁe/ | jerkeras /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁa/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁa/ | jerkera /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁa/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁa/ | jerkerons /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | jerkerez /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁe/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁe/ | jerkeront /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | jerkerais /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ | jerkerais /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ | jerkerait /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ | jerkerions /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | jerkeriez /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁje/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁje/ | jerkeraient /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.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 | jerke /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/ | jerkes /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/ | jerke /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/ | jerkions /dʒɛʁ.kjɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kjɔ̃/ | jerkiez /dʒɛʁ.kje/ or /ʒɛʁ.kje/ | jerkent /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/ |
| imperfect2 | jerkasse /dʒɛʁ.kas/ or /ʒɛʁ.kas/ | jerkasses /dʒɛʁ.kas/ or /ʒɛʁ.kas/ | jerkât /dʒɛʁ.ka/ or /ʒɛʁ.ka/ | jerkassions /dʒɛʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/ | jerkassiez /dʒɛʁ.ka.sje/ or /ʒɛʁ.ka.sje/ | jerkassent /dʒɛʁ.kas/ or /ʒɛʁ.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | jerke /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/ | — | jerkons /dʒɛʁ.kɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɔ̃/ | jerkez /dʒɛʁ.ke/ or /ʒɛʁ.ke/ | — | |
| 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
- jerk
Further reading
- “jerker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.