suicider
English
Etymology
suicide + -er
Noun
suicider (plural suiciders)
- (nonstandard) One who commits suicide.
- (medicine, social work) One who is planning to commit suicide.
- 1995, Gavin Fairbairn, Contemplating suicide: the language and ethics of self-harm, page 172:
- Most often discussion would take place during the planning stages or while the suicider is making his preparations, that is, before suicidal steps have actually been taken. […] A suicide intervener in real life (if he had the nerve) could have a similarly calm discussion with a suicider who had taken an overdose […]
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Anagrams
- ursicide
French
Etymology
From suicide + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɥi.si.de/
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Verb
suicider
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to commit suicide, to kill oneself, suicide
Conjugation
Conjugation of se suicider (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se suicider | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se suicidant /sə sɥi.si.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | suicidé /sɥi.si.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me suicide /mə sɥi.sid/ | te suicides /tə sɥi.sid/ | se suicide /sə sɥi.sid/ | nous suicidons /nu sɥi.si.dɔ̃/ | vous suicidez /vu sɥi.si.de/ | se suicident /sə sɥi.sid/ |
| imperfect | me suicidais /mə sɥi.si.dɛ/ | te suicidais /tə sɥi.si.dɛ/ | se suicidait /sə sɥi.si.dɛ/ | nous suicidions /nu sɥi.si.djɔ̃/ | vous suicidiez /vu sɥi.si.dje/ | se suicidaient /sə sɥi.si.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me suicidai /mə sɥi.si.de/ | te suicidas /tə sɥi.si.da/ | se suicida /sə sɥi.si.da/ | nous suicidâmes /nu sɥi.si.dam/ | vous suicidâtes /vu sɥi.si.dat/ | se suicidèrent /sə sɥi.si.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | me suiciderai /mə sɥi.si.dʁe/ | te suicideras /tə sɥi.si.dʁa/ | se suicidera /sə sɥi.si.dʁa/ | nous suiciderons /nu sɥi.si.dʁɔ̃/ | vous suiciderez /vu sɥi.si.dʁe/ | se suicideront /sə sɥi.si.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me suiciderais /mə sɥi.si.dʁɛ/ | te suiciderais /tə sɥi.si.dʁɛ/ | se suiciderait /sə sɥi.si.dʁɛ/ | nous suiciderions /nu sɥi.si.də.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous suicideriez /vu sɥi.si.də.ʁje/ | se suicideraient /sə sɥi.si.dʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me suicide /mə sɥi.sid/ | te suicides /tə sɥi.sid/ | se suicide /sə sɥi.sid/ | nous suicidions /nu sɥi.si.djɔ̃/ | vous suicidiez /vu sɥi.si.dje/ | se suicident /sə sɥi.sid/ |
| imperfect2 | me suicidasse /mə sɥi.si.das/ | te suicidasses /tə sɥi.si.das/ | se suicidât /sə sɥi.si.da/ | nous suicidassions /nu sɥi.si.da.sjɔ̃/ | vous suicidassiez /vu sɥi.si.da.sje/ | se suicidassent /sə sɥi.si.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | suicide-toi /sɥi.sid.twa/ | — | suicidons-nous /sɥi.si.dɔ̃.nu/ | suicidez-vous /sɥi.si.de.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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
- suicidaire
Further reading
- “suicider”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare French se suicider
Verb
suicider
- (Jersey, reflexive, sé suicider) to commit suicide, take one's own life
Synonyms
- s'mêfaithe