rotter
See also: Rotter, rötter, and røtter
English
Etymology
rot + -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒtə(r)
Noun
rotter (plural rotters)
- A worthless, despicable person.
- (Britain, slang) A scoundrel.
Anagrams
- retort
Danish
Noun
rotter
- plural indefinite of rotte
Middle French
Alternative forms
- roter
Verb
rotter
- to burp
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of rotter
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | rotter | avoir rotté | |||||
gerund | en rottant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | rottant | ||||||
past participle | rotté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
simple tenses | present | rotte | rottes | rotte | rottons | rottez | rottent |
imperfect | rottois, rottoys | rottois, rottoys | rottoit, rottoyt | rottions, rottyons | rottiez, rottyez | rottoient, rottoyent | |
past historic | rotta | rottas | rotta | rottasmes | rottastes | rotterent | |
future | rotterai, rotteray | rotteras | rottera | rotterons | rotterez | rotteront | |
conditional | rotterois, rotteroys | rotterois, rotteroys | rotteroit, rotteroyt | rotterions, rotteryons | rotteriez, rotteryez | rotteroient, rotteroyent | |
compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
simple tenses | present | rotte | rottes | rotte | rottons | rottez | rottent |
imperfect | rottasse | rottasses | rottast | rottassions | rottassiez | rottassent | |
compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
— | rotte | — | rottons | rottez | — |
Descendants
- French: roter
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
rotter m or f
- indefinite plural of rotte
Verb
rotter
- present tense of rotte
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
rotter f
- indefinite plural of rotte