châtrer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chastrer, inherited from Latin castrāre. Doublet of the learned borrowing castrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.tʁe/ ~ /ʃɑ.tʁe/

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• Homophones: châtrai, châtré, châtrée, châtrées, châtrés, châtrez

Verb

châtrer

1. to castrate

   Synonyms: castrer, émasculer

Conjugation

Conjugation of châtrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	châtrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	châtrant /ʃa.tʁɑ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		châtré /ʃa.tʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/	châtres /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/	châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/	châtrons /ʃa.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɔ̃/	châtrez /ʃa.tʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁe/	châtrent /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/
	imperfect	châtrais /ʃa.tʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛ/	châtrais /ʃa.tʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛ/	châtrait /ʃa.tʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛ/	châtrions /ʃa.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/	châtriez /ʃa.tʁi.je/ or /ʃɑ.tʁi.je/	châtraient /ʃa.tʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	châtrai /ʃa.tʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁe/	châtras /ʃa.tʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa/	châtra /ʃa.tʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa/	châtrâmes /ʃa.tʁam/ or /ʃɑ.tʁam/	châtrâtes /ʃa.tʁat/ or /ʃɑ.tʁat/	châtrèrent /ʃa.tʁɛʁ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛʁ/
	future	châtrerai /ʃa.tʁə.ʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁe/	châtreras /ʃa.tʁə.ʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁa/	châtrera /ʃa.tʁə.ʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁa/	châtrerons /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	châtrerez /ʃa.tʁə.ʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁe/	châtreront /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	châtrerais /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	châtrerais /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	châtrerait /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	châtrerions /ʃa.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	châtreriez /ʃa.tʁə.ʁje/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁje/	châtreraient /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.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	châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/	châtres /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/	châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/	châtrions /ʃa.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/	châtriez /ʃa.tʁi.je/ or /ʃɑ.tʁi.je/	châtrent /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/
	imperfect2	châtrasse /ʃa.tʁas/ or /ʃɑ.tʁas/	châtrasses /ʃa.tʁas/ or /ʃɑ.tʁas/	châtrât /ʃa.tʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa/	châtrassions /ʃa.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	châtrassiez /ʃa.tʁa.sje/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa.sje/	châtrassent /ʃa.tʁas/ or /ʃɑ.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/	—	châtrons /ʃa.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɔ̃/	châtrez /ʃa.tʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁe/	—
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

• castration
• castré
• castrer
• châtrable
• châtré
• châtreur
• châtron
• châtrure

Further reading

• “châtrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• charter