accuser

English

Alternative forms

accusor
accusour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English acuser, accusour, borrowed from Old French accusour, from Latin accusator, from accusare. Equivalent to accuse +‎ -er. Doublet of accusator.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈkju.zɚ/
(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈkjuː.zə/
Rhymes: -uːzə(ɹ)

Noun

accuser (plural accusers)

One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
Antonym: accused

Derived terms

accuser of the saints

Translations

one who accuses

Albanian: paditës (sq) m
Arabic: مُتَّهِم‎ m (muttahim)
Armenian: մեղադրող (hy) (meładroł)
Belarusian: абвінава́ўца m or f (abvinaváŭca)
Bulgarian: обвини́тел (bg) m (obvinítel), обвини́телка f (obvinítelka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 原告 (zh) (yuángào), 起訴人／起诉人 (zh) (qǐsùrén)
Czech: žalobce m, žalobkyně f
Danish: anklager (da) c
Dutch: aanklager (nl) m, beschuldiger m
Esperanto: akuzanto
Estonian: süüdistaja
Finnish: syyttäjä (fi)
French: accusateur (fr) m, accusatrice (fr) f
German: Ankläger (de) m, Ankläger (de) f
Greek: κατήγορος (el) m (katígoros)
Ancient: κατήγορος m (katḗgoros)
Hindi: अभियोक्ता (hi) m (abhiyoktā)
Hungarian: vádló (hu)
Ido: akuzanto (io), akuzero (io)
Indonesian: penuduh (id)
Italian: accusatore (it) m, accusatrice (it) f
Japanese: 告発者 (こくはつしゃ, kokuhatsusha), 原告 (ja) (げんこく, genkoku), 告訴人 (こくそにん, kokusonin)
Korean: 고소인 (ko) (gosoin), 비난자 (binanja), 원고 (ko) (won'go)
Latin: accūsātor m, accūsātrix f, crīminātor m
Macedonian: тужител m (tužitel), тужителка f (tužitelka), обвинител m (obvinitel), обвинителка f (obvinitelka)
Maori: kaiwhakapae
Norwegian:
Bokmål: anklager m
Persian: متهم‎ (fa) (mottahem)
Polish: oskarżyciel (pl) m, oskarżycielka f
Portuguese: acusador (pt) m, acusadora f
Romanian: acuzator (ro) m
Russian: обвини́тель (ru) m (obvinítelʹ), обвини́тельница (ru) f (obvinítelʹnica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ту̀жилац m, ту̀житељ m
Roman: tùžilac (sh) m, tùžitelj (sh) m
Slovak: žalobca m, žalobkyňa f
Slovene: tožnik m, tožnica f
Spanish: acusador (es) m, acusadora (es) f
Swahili: mshtaki (sw)
Swedish: anklagare c
Tajik: айбдоркунанда (aybdorkunanda)
Ukrainian: обвинува́ч m (obvynuváč), обвинува́чка f (obvynuváčka)
Uzbek: ayblovchi (uz)

References

accuser in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

accrues, accurse

French

Etymology

From Middle French accuser, from Old French acuser, accuser, borrowed from Latin accūsāre, present active infinitive of accūsō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ky.ze/
Homophones: accusai, accusé, accusée, accusées, accusés, accusez
audio (file)

Verb

accuser

(transitive) to accuse
(transitive) to find fault with
- 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, page 180:
  Emma portait sa lettre au bout du jardin... Rodolphe venait l'y chercher et en plaçait une autre, qu'elle accusait toujours d'être trop courte.
  Emma took her letter to the end of the garden... Rodolphe came and fetched it and put another in its place, which she always found fault with for being too short.
(intransitive, formal) to show; to reveal
(when used with ~ réception) to acknowledge receipt of something

Conjugation

Conjugation of accuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	accuser
present participle or gerund¹	simple	accusant /a.ky.zɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		accusé /a.ky.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	accuse /a.kyz/	accuses /a.kyz/	accuse /a.kyz/	accusons /a.ky.zɔ̃/	accusez /a.ky.ze/	accusent /a.kyz/
	imperfect	accusais /a.ky.zɛ/	accusais /a.ky.zɛ/	accusait /a.ky.zɛ/	accusions /a.ky.zjɔ̃/	accusiez /a.ky.zje/	accusaient /a.ky.zɛ/
	past historic²	accusai /a.ky.ze/	accusas /a.ky.za/	accusa /a.ky.za/	accusâmes /a.ky.zam/	accusâtes /a.ky.zat/	accusèrent /a.ky.zɛʁ/
	future	accuserai /a.kyz.ʁe/	accuseras /a.kyz.ʁa/	accusera /a.kyz.ʁa/	accuserons /a.kyz.ʁɔ̃/	accuserez /a.kyz.ʁe/	accuseront /a.kyz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	accuserais /a.kyz.ʁɛ/	accuserais /a.kyz.ʁɛ/	accuserait /a.kyz.ʁɛ/	accuserions /a.ky.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	accuseriez /a.ky.zə.ʁje/	accuseraient /a.kyz.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	accuse /a.kyz/	accuses /a.kyz/	accuse /a.kyz/	accusions /a.ky.zjɔ̃/	accusiez /a.ky.zje/	accusent /a.kyz/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	accusasse /a.ky.zas/	accusasses /a.ky.zas/	accusât /a.ky.za/	accusassions /a.ky.za.sjɔ̃/	accusassiez /a.ky.za.sje/	accusassent /a.ky.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	accuse /a.kyz/	—	accusons /a.ky.zɔ̃/	accusez /a.ky.ze/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

accusable
accusateur
accusatif
accusation
accusatoire
accuser coup
accuser réception

Latin

Verb

accūser

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of accūsō

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French acuser, accuser, borrowed from Latin accuso, accusare.

Verb

accuser

to accuse

Conjugation

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of accuser

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	accuser
present participle¹ or gerund²	simple	accusant
present participle¹ or gerund²	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		accusé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	accuse	accuses	accuse	accusons	accusez	accusent
	imperfect	accusois, accusoys	accusois, accusoys	accusoit, accusoyt	accusions, accusyons	accusiez, accusyez	accusoient, accusoyent
	past historic	accusa	accusas	accusa	accusasmes	accusastes	accuserent
	future	accuserai, accuseray	accuseras	accusera	accuserons	accuserez	accuseront
	conditional	accuserois, accuseroys	accuserois, accuseroys	accuseroit, accuseroyt	accuserions, accuseryons	accuseriez, accuseryez	accuseroient, accuseroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	accuse	accuses	accuse	accusons	accusez	accusent
(simple tenses)	imperfect	accusasse	accusasses	accusast	accusassions	accusassiez	accusassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	accuse	—	accusons	accusez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
² The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

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French: accuser

accuser

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