switcher

English

Etymology

From switch +‎ -er.

Noun

switcher (plural switchers)

1. One who or that which operates a switch.
   • 1984, John Martin Robinson, The latest country houses, page 32:

     They all love frugality and conservation; they are manic savers of bits of string and switchers-off of lights.

2. One who or that which switches, or changes to something else.
   • 2004, Gabriel Kim, Vault Career Guide to Sales & Trading, page 109:

     As a career switcher, I diligently attended all the company presentations on campus, and quickly settled on sales and trading. My prior position was in hospital sales.

   • 2011, David Pogue, iPhone: The Missing Manual, page 14:

     In short, the task switcher gives you a way to jump directly to another app, without a layover at the Home screen first.

3. (electronics) A switchmode power supply.
4. (rail transport, US) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a shunter.

   Synonyms: shunter, shunting engine — UK

5. (rail transport, trucking, US) The yardman who operates such an engine, or performs a similar role in a trucking depot.

   Synonyms: hostler, yard jockey — US; Synonym: shunter — UK rail transport

6. (television) Synonym of vision mixer (“device for selecting between video sources”)

Derived terms

• code-switcher
• road switcher

Translations

A railway locomotive used for shunting; a shunter

• Finnish: järjestelyveturi
• French: locotracteur (fr) m
• Portuguese: locotrator m (Portugal), locomotiva manobreira f (Brazil)
• Russian: маневровый (ru) (manevrovyj), локомоти́в (ru) m (lokomotív)
• Ukrainian: маневровий локомотив m (manevrovyj lokomotyv)

Anagrams

• Wicherts, Witchers, witchers

French

Etymology

English switch +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swit.ʃe/

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Verb

switcher

1. to switch (clarification of this definition is needed)

Conjugation

Conjugation of switcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	switcher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	switchant /swit.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		switché /swit.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	switche /switʃ/	switches /switʃ/	switche /switʃ/	switchons /swit.ʃɔ̃/	switchez /swit.ʃe/	switchent /switʃ/
	imperfect	switchais /swit.ʃɛ/	switchais /swit.ʃɛ/	switchait /swit.ʃɛ/	switchions /swit.ʃjɔ̃/	switchiez /swit.ʃje/	switchaient /swit.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	switchai /swit.ʃe/	switchas /swit.ʃa/	switcha /swit.ʃa/	switchâmes /swit.ʃam/	switchâtes /swit.ʃat/	switchèrent /swit.ʃɛʁ/
	future	switcherai /swit.ʃə.ʁe/	switcheras /swit.ʃə.ʁa/	switchera /swit.ʃə.ʁa/	switcherons /swit.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/	switcherez /swit.ʃə.ʁe/	switcheront /swit.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	switcherais /swit.ʃə.ʁɛ/	switcherais /swit.ʃə.ʁɛ/	switcherait /swit.ʃə.ʁɛ/	switcherions /swit.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	switcheriez /swit.ʃə.ʁje/	switcheraient /swit.ʃə.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	switche /switʃ/	switches /switʃ/	switche /switʃ/	switchions /swit.ʃjɔ̃/	switchiez /swit.ʃje/	switchent /switʃ/
	imperfect2	switchasse /swit.ʃas/	switchasses /swit.ʃas/	switchât /swit.ʃa/	switchassions /swit.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	switchassiez /swit.ʃa.sje/	switchassent /swit.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	switche /switʃ/	—	switchons /swit.ʃɔ̃/	switchez /swit.ʃe/	—
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).