scotcher
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
scotcher (plural scotchers)
- One who scotches.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
scotcher
- to apply Scotch tape
- (figuratively) to numb, freeze
- 2015 July 7, Julie Saulnier, “Attentat de Charlie Hebdo: "J'étais scotché devant l'écran", se souvient Plantu”, in L'Express[1]:
- Alors, j’ai regardé les images sur iTélé et j’ai compris qu’il y avait des dessinateurs blessés, puis morts. J’étais scotché devant l’écran. Je connaissais tous ces dessinateurs que j’admire et en particulier un ami très cher, Tignous.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of scotcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | scotcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | scotchant /skɔt.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | scotché /skɔt.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
scotches /skɔtʃ/ |
scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
scotchons /skɔt.ʃɔ̃/ |
scotchez /skɔt.ʃe/ |
scotchent /skɔtʃ/ |
| imperfect | scotchais /skɔt.ʃɛ/ |
scotchais /skɔt.ʃɛ/ |
scotchait /skɔt.ʃɛ/ |
scotchions /skɔt.ʃjɔ̃/ |
scotchiez /skɔt.ʃje/ |
scotchaient /skɔt.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | scotchai /skɔt.ʃe/ |
scotchas /skɔt.ʃa/ |
scotcha /skɔt.ʃa/ |
scotchâmes /skɔt.ʃam/ |
scotchâtes /skɔt.ʃat/ |
scotchèrent /skɔt.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | scotcherai /skɔt.ʃə.ʁe/ |
scotcheras /skɔt.ʃə.ʁa/ |
scotchera /skɔt.ʃə.ʁa/ |
scotcherons /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
scotcherez /skɔt.ʃə.ʁe/ |
scotcheront /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | scotcherais /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
scotcherais /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
scotcherait /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
scotcherions /skɔt.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
scotcheriez /skɔt.ʃə.ʁje/ |
scotcheraient /skɔt.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 | scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
scotches /skɔtʃ/ |
scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
scotchions /skɔt.ʃjɔ̃/ |
scotchiez /skɔt.ʃje/ |
scotchent /skɔtʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | scotchasse /skɔt.ʃas/ |
scotchasses /skɔt.ʃas/ |
scotchât /skɔt.ʃa/ |
scotchassions /skɔt.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
scotchassiez /skɔt.ʃa.sje/ |
scotchassent /skɔt.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
— | scotchons /skɔt.ʃɔ̃/ |
scotchez /skɔt.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “scotcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.