parachuter
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
parachuter (plural parachuters)
- One who uses a parachute; a parachutist.
- 2007 May 25, “Spare Times”, in New York Times[1]:
- If you want to coordinate your bathing, beach walks and concession and boardwalk excursions with the show, keep in mind that the Army’s Golden Knights parachute team is scheduled to come by at 10:28; the Navy Leap Frogs parachuters at 11:16 and a B-1 bomber at 11:48.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
parachuter
- (transitive) to parachute (to introduce (something/someone) into a place using a parachute)
- (transitive, figuratively) to parachute (to place (someone) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of parachuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | parachuter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | parachutant /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | parachuté /pa.ʁa.ʃy.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | parachute /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/ |
parachutes /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/ |
parachute /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/ |
parachutons /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɔ̃/ |
parachutez /pa.ʁa.ʃy.te/ |
parachutent /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/ |
| imperfect | parachutais /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɛ/ |
parachutais /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɛ/ |
parachutait /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɛ/ |
parachutions /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tjɔ̃/ |
parachutiez /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tje/ |
parachutaient /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | parachutai /pa.ʁa.ʃy.te/ |
parachutas /pa.ʁa.ʃy.ta/ |
parachuta /pa.ʁa.ʃy.ta/ |
parachutâmes /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tam/ |
parachutâtes /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tat/ |
parachutèrent /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | parachuterai /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁe/ |
parachuteras /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁa/ |
parachutera /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁa/ |
parachuterons /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁɔ̃/ |
parachuterez /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁe/ |
parachuteront /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | parachuterais /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁɛ/ |
parachuterais /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁɛ/ |
parachuterait /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁɛ/ |
parachuterions /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
parachuteriez /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tə.ʁje/ |
parachuteraient /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | parachute /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/ |
parachutes /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/ |
parachute /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/ |
parachutions /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tjɔ̃/ |
parachutiez /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tje/ |
parachutent /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/ |
| imperfect2 | parachutasse /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tas/ |
parachutasses /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tas/ |
parachutât /pa.ʁa.ʃy.ta/ |
parachutassions /pa.ʁa.ʃy.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
parachutassiez /pa.ʁa.ʃy.ta.sje/ |
parachutassent /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | parachute /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/ |
— | parachutons /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɔ̃/ |
parachutez /pa.ʁa.ʃy.te/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “parachuter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
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Etymology edit
Verb edit
parachuter (gerund parachut'tie)