botter
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑtɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒtə/
- Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)
NounEdit
botter (plural botters)
- (Internet) One who operates a bot (automated software process).
- 2008, New Scientist (volume 200, issues 2682-2688, page 28)
- It is estimated by industry and leading botters that only around 1 in 10 players using bots make a profit, mainly in low-stakes games.
- 2008, New Scientist (volume 200, issues 2682-2688, page 28)
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AfrikaansEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From a dialectal variant of Dutch boter, from Middle Dutch bōter, from Old Dutch *butera, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon).
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
botter (plural botters, diminutive bottertjie)
- (uncountable) butter; a soft, fatty foodstuff made from the cream of milk
- butter type
- Ons het 'n klomp gegeurde botters beskikbaar.
- We have a lot of flavoured butter [types]/butters available.
- (chemistry, dated) butter; any specific soft substance
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
botter (present botter, present participle botterende, past participle gebotter)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
botter (plural botters, diminutive bottertjie)
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Uncertain. Perhaps an action noun from bot (“flounder”) + -er after a type of fish fished for with the vessel, or from bot (“blunt”) from the characteristic shape of its bow.
NounEdit
botter m (plural botters, diminutive bottertje n)
- a type of Dutch fishing vessel with a characteristic hull
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
AdjectiveEdit
botter
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
botter
- to kick
- (slang) to please, to like
- Synonym: plaire
- Ça te botterait d'aller au ciné?
- Would you like to go the cinema?
Usage notesEdit
In the sense please it functions syntactically like plaire, viz. it takes an indirect object and may be translated into English as like, exchanging the subject and object.
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | simple | botter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bottant /bɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | botté /bɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | botte /bɔt/ |
bottes /bɔt/ |
botte /bɔt/ |
bottons /bɔ.tɔ̃/ |
bottez /bɔ.te/ |
bottent /bɔt/ |
imperfect | bottais /bɔ.tɛ/ |
bottais /bɔ.tɛ/ |
bottait /bɔ.tɛ/ |
bottions /bɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
bottiez /bɔ.tje/ |
bottaient /bɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bottai /bɔ.te/ |
bottas /bɔ.ta/ |
botta /bɔ.ta/ |
bottâmes /bɔ.tam/ |
bottâtes /bɔ.tat/ |
bottèrent /bɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | botterai /bɔ.tʁe/ |
botteras /bɔ.tʁa/ |
bottera /bɔ.tʁa/ |
botterons /bɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
botterez /bɔ.tʁe/ |
botteront /bɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | botterais /bɔ.tʁɛ/ |
botterais /bɔ.tʁɛ/ |
botterait /bɔ.tʁɛ/ |
botterions /bɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
botteriez /bɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
botteraient /bɔ.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 | botte /bɔt/ |
bottes /bɔt/ |
botte /bɔt/ |
bottions /bɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
bottiez /bɔ.tje/ |
bottent /bɔt/ |
imperfect2 | bottasse /bɔ.tas/ |
bottasses /bɔ.tas/ |
bottât /bɔ.ta/ |
bottassions /bɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
bottassiez /bɔ.ta.sje/ |
bottassent /bɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | botte /bɔt/ |
— | bottons /bɔ.tɔ̃/ |
bottez /bɔ.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 termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “botter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
botter