cataloguer

English

Alternative forms

• cataloger

Etymology 1

catalogue (verb) +‎ -er

Noun

cataloguer (plural cataloguers)

1. One who catalogues.

   The journalists are cataloguers of the world's events.

Etymology 2

catalogue (noun) +‎ -er

Noun

cataloguer (plural cataloguers)

1. (informal) A person who is fanatical about buying items from catalogues.

French

Etymology

From catalogue +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡe/

• Audio

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Verb

cataloguer

1. to catalogue
2. (derogatory) to pigeonhole

   Synonym: ranger dans une case

Conjugation

Conjugation of cataloguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cataloguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cataloguant /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		catalogué /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	catalogue /ka.ta.lɔɡ/	catalogues /ka.ta.lɔɡ/	catalogue /ka.ta.lɔɡ/	cataloguons /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡɔ̃/	cataloguez /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡe/	cataloguent /ka.ta.lɔɡ/
	imperfect	cataloguais /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡɛ/	cataloguais /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡɛ/	cataloguait /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡɛ/	cataloguions /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡjɔ̃/	cataloguiez /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡje/	cataloguaient /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	cataloguai /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡe/	cataloguas /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡa/	catalogua /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡa/	cataloguâmes /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡam/	cataloguâtes /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡat/	cataloguèrent /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡɛʁ/
	future	cataloguerai /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡʁe/	catalogueras /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡʁa/	cataloguera /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡʁa/	cataloguerons /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡʁɔ̃/	cataloguerez /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡʁe/	catalogueront /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cataloguerais /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡʁɛ/	cataloguerais /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡʁɛ/	cataloguerait /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡʁɛ/	cataloguerions /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	catalogueriez /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡə.ʁje/	catalogueraient /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡʁɛ/
(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	catalogue /ka.ta.lɔɡ/	catalogues /ka.ta.lɔɡ/	catalogue /ka.ta.lɔɡ/	cataloguions /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡjɔ̃/	cataloguiez /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡje/	cataloguent /ka.ta.lɔɡ/
	imperfect2	cataloguasse /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡas/	cataloguasses /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡas/	cataloguât /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡa/	cataloguassions /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	cataloguassiez /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡa.sje/	cataloguassent /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	catalogue /ka.ta.lɔɡ/	—	cataloguons /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡɔ̃/	cataloguez /ka.ta.lɔ.ɡe/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

See also

• généraliser
• mettre dans le même panier

Further reading

• “cataloguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.