scotcher
English
Etymology
scotch + -er
Noun
scotcher (plural scotchers)
- One who scotches.
Anagrams
- Crochets, crochets, crotches
French
Etymology
scotch + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skɔt.ʃe/
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Verb
scotcher
- to apply Scotch tape
- (figuratively) to numb, freeze
- 2015 July 7, Julie Saulnier, “Attentat de Charlie Hebdo: "J'étais scotché devant l'écran", se souvient Plantu”, in L'Express:
- Alors, j'ai regardé les images sur iTélé et j'ai compris qu'il y avait des dessinateurs blessés, puis morts. J'étais scotché devant l'écran. Je connaissais tous ces dessinateurs que j'admire et en particulier un ami très cher, Tignous.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of scotcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | scotcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | scotchant /skɔt.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | scotché /skɔt.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | scotche /skɔtʃ/ | scotches /skɔtʃ/ | scotche /skɔtʃ/ | scotchons /skɔt.ʃɔ̃/ | scotchez /skɔt.ʃe/ | scotchent /skɔtʃ/ |
| imperfect | scotchais /skɔt.ʃɛ/ | scotchais /skɔt.ʃɛ/ | scotchait /skɔt.ʃɛ/ | scotchions /skɔt.ʃjɔ̃/ | scotchiez /skɔt.ʃje/ | scotchaient /skɔt.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | scotchai /skɔt.ʃe/ | scotchas /skɔt.ʃa/ | scotcha /skɔt.ʃa/ | scotchâmes /skɔt.ʃam/ | scotchâtes /skɔt.ʃat/ | scotchèrent /skɔt.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | scotcherai /skɔt.ʃə.ʁe/ | scotcheras /skɔt.ʃə.ʁa/ | scotchera /skɔt.ʃə.ʁa/ | scotcherons /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | scotcherez /skɔt.ʃə.ʁe/ | scotcheront /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | scotcherais /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | scotcherais /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | scotcherait /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | scotcherions /skɔt.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | scotcheriez /skɔt.ʃə.ʁje/ | scotcheraient /skɔt.ʃə.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 | scotche /skɔtʃ/ | scotches /skɔtʃ/ | scotche /skɔtʃ/ | scotchions /skɔt.ʃjɔ̃/ | scotchiez /skɔt.ʃje/ | scotchent /skɔtʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | scotchasse /skɔt.ʃas/ | scotchasses /skɔt.ʃas/ | scotchât /skɔt.ʃa/ | scotchassions /skɔt.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | scotchassiez /skɔt.ʃa.sje/ | scotchassent /skɔt.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | scotche /skɔtʃ/ | — | scotchons /skɔt.ʃɔ̃/ | scotchez /skɔt.ʃe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “scotcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.