catastropher
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From catastrophe + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]catastropher
- (transitive) to stagger (a person, with an announcement)
Conjugation
[edit]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
[edit]- “catastropher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.