booker
See also: Booker
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English bokere, from Old English bōcere (“scribe”), equivalent to book + -er. Modern sense influenced by the verb to book.
Noun edit
booker (plural bookers)
- One who makes a reservation.
- 1988 May 7, Michael Bronski, “Out Of The Celluloid Closet”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
- With independent movie theaters closing and larger conglomerates taking over smaller conglomerates, many people were worried that Boston may have seen the end of the small, alternative film festival. But this year USA Cinemas, and the premiere booker George Mansour, have done it again with the fourth annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
- One who records transactions, such as reservations. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete) A scholar; a scribe.
- 1711, Martin Parker, William Wagstaffe (M.D.), The king enjoyes his own again:
- What Booker doth prognosticate Concerning Kings or Kingdoms State […]
Related terms edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English book + -er.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
booker
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of booker (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | booker | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bookant /bu.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | booké /bu.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | booke /buk/ |
bookes /buk/ |
booke /buk/ |
bookons /bu.kɔ̃/ |
bookez /bu.ke/ |
bookent /buk/ |
| imperfect | bookais /bu.kɛ/ |
bookais /bu.kɛ/ |
bookait /bu.kɛ/ |
bookions /bu.kjɔ̃/ |
bookiez /bu.kje/ |
bookaient /bu.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bookai /bu.ke/ |
bookas /bu.ka/ |
booka /bu.ka/ |
bookâmes /bu.kam/ |
bookâtes /bu.kat/ |
bookèrent /bu.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | bookerai /bu.kʁe/ |
bookeras /bu.kʁa/ |
bookera /bu.kʁa/ |
bookerons /bu.kʁɔ̃/ |
bookerez /bu.kʁe/ |
bookeront /bu.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bookerais /bu.kʁɛ/ |
bookerais /bu.kʁɛ/ |
bookerait /bu.kʁɛ/ |
bookerions /bu.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bookeriez /bu.kə.ʁje/ |
bookeraient /bu.kʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | booke /buk/ |
bookes /buk/ |
booke /buk/ |
bookions /bu.kjɔ̃/ |
bookiez /bu.kje/ |
bookent /buk/ |
| imperfect2 | bookasse /bu.kas/ |
bookasses /bu.kas/ |
bookât /bu.ka/ |
bookassions /bu.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
bookassiez /bu.ka.sje/ |
bookassent /bu.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | booke /buk/ |
— | bookons /bu.kɔ̃/ |
bookez /bu.ke/ |
— | |
| 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
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
booker
- present tense of booke