boycotter
English
Etymology
boycott + -er
Noun
boycotter (plural boycotters)
- Someone who engages in a boycott
- 2009, January 18, “Anthony Lewis”, in A New National Scripture:
- As early as 1955 […] , he spoke in what Sundquist calls his “ornate metaphorical style,” evident in his first speech to the boycotters.
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Translations
someone who engages in a boycott
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French
Etymology
From English boycott.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔj.kɔ.te/
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Verb
boycotter
- to boycott
Conjugation
Conjugation of boycotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | boycotter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | boycottant /bɔj.kɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | boycotté /bɔj.kɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | boycotte /bɔj.kɔt/ | boycottes /bɔj.kɔt/ | boycotte /bɔj.kɔt/ | boycottons /bɔj.kɔ.tɔ̃/ | boycottez /bɔj.kɔ.te/ | boycottent /bɔj.kɔt/ |
imperfect | boycottais /bɔj.kɔ.tɛ/ | boycottais /bɔj.kɔ.tɛ/ | boycottait /bɔj.kɔ.tɛ/ | boycottions /bɔj.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ | boycottiez /bɔj.kɔ.tje/ | boycottaient /bɔj.kɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | boycottai /bɔj.kɔ.te/ | boycottas /bɔj.kɔ.ta/ | boycotta /bɔj.kɔ.ta/ | boycottâmes /bɔj.kɔ.tam/ | boycottâtes /bɔj.kɔ.tat/ | boycottèrent /bɔj.kɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | boycotterai /bɔj.kɔ.tʁe/ | boycotteras /bɔj.kɔ.tʁa/ | boycottera /bɔj.kɔ.tʁa/ | boycotterons /bɔj.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | boycotterez /bɔj.kɔ.tʁe/ | boycotteront /bɔj.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | boycotterais /bɔj.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | boycotterais /bɔj.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | boycotterait /bɔj.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | boycotterions /bɔj.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | boycotteriez /bɔj.kɔ.tə.ʁje/ | boycotteraient /bɔj.kɔ.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 | boycotte /bɔj.kɔt/ | boycottes /bɔj.kɔt/ | boycotte /bɔj.kɔt/ | boycottions /bɔj.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ | boycottiez /bɔj.kɔ.tje/ | boycottent /bɔj.kɔt/ |
imperfect2 | boycottasse /bɔj.kɔ.tas/ | boycottasses /bɔj.kɔ.tas/ | boycottât /bɔj.kɔ.ta/ | boycottassions /bɔj.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ | boycottassiez /bɔj.kɔ.ta.sje/ | boycottassent /bɔj.kɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | boycotte /bɔj.kɔt/ | — | boycottons /bɔj.kɔ.tɔ̃/ | boycottez /bɔj.kɔ.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). |
Related terms
- boycott
- boycotteur
Further reading
- “boycotter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.