catastropher
French
Etymology
catastrophe + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fe/
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Verb
catastropher
- (transitive) to stagger (a person, with an announcement)
Conjugation
Conjugation of catastropher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | catastropher | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | catastrophant /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | catastrophé /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | catastrophe /ka.tas.tʁɔf/ | catastrophes /ka.tas.tʁɔf/ | catastrophe /ka.tas.tʁɔf/ | catastrophons /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɔ̃/ | catastrophez /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fe/ | catastrophent /ka.tas.tʁɔf/ |
imperfect | catastrophais /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɛ/ | catastrophais /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɛ/ | catastrophait /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɛ/ | catastrophions /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fjɔ̃/ | catastrophiez /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fje/ | catastrophaient /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɛ/ | |
past historic2 | catastrophai /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fe/ | catastrophas /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fa/ | catastropha /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fa/ | catastrophâmes /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fam/ | catastrophâtes /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fat/ | catastrophèrent /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɛʁ/ | |
future | catastropherai /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁe/ | catastropheras /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁa/ | catastrophera /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁa/ | catastropherons /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁɔ̃/ | catastropherez /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁe/ | catastropheront /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | catastropherais /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/ | catastropherais /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/ | catastropherait /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/ | catastropherions /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ | catastropheriez /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fə.ʁje/ | catastropheraient /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/ | |
(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 | catastrophe /ka.tas.tʁɔf/ | catastrophes /ka.tas.tʁɔf/ | catastrophe /ka.tas.tʁɔf/ | catastrophions /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fjɔ̃/ | catastrophiez /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fje/ | catastrophent /ka.tas.tʁɔf/ |
imperfect2 | catastrophasse /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fas/ | catastrophasses /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fas/ | catastrophât /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fa/ | catastrophassions /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fa.sjɔ̃/ | catastrophassiez /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fa.sje/ | catastrophassent /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | catastrophe /ka.tas.tʁɔf/ | — | catastrophons /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɔ̃/ | catastrophez /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fe/ | — | |
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
- “catastropher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.