massacrer

English

Etymology

massacre +‎ -er

Noun

massacrer (plural massacrers)

1. One who massacres.

Translations

one who massacres

Anagrams

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French

Etymology

Middle French massacre, from Old French macacre, macecle (“slaughterhouse, butchery”), from Medieval Latin mazacrium (“massacre, slaughter, killing”, also “the head of a newly killed stag”), from Middle Low German *matskelen (“to massacre”) (compare German metzeln (“massacre”)), frequentive of matsken, matzgen (“to cut, hew”), from Proto-Germanic *maitanan (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mei- (“small”). Akin to Old High German meizan (“to cut”) among others.

Pronunciation

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Verb

massacrer

1. to massacre (kill)
2. (figuratively) to do something badly

   Il a massacré cette chanson - he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")

Conjugation

   Conjugation of massacrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		massacrer			avoir massacré
gerund		en massacrant			en ayant massacré
present participle		massacrant
past participle		massacré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	massacre	massacres	massacre	massacrons	massacrez	massacrent
	imperfect	massacrais	massacrais	massacrait	massacrions	massacriez	massacraient
	past historic1	massacrai	massacras	massacra	massacrâmes	massacrâtes	massacrèrent
	future	massacrerai	massacreras	massacrera	massacrerons	massacrerez	massacreront
	conditional	massacrerais	massacrerais	massacrerait	massacrerions	massacreriez	massacreraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	massacre	massacres	massacre	massacrions	massacriez	massacrent
	imperfect1	massacrasse	massacrasses	massacrât	massacrassions	massacrassiez	massacrassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	massacre	—	massacrons	massacrez	—
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