châtrer
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French chastrer, inherited from Latin castrāre. Doublet of the learned borrowing castrer.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ʃa.tʁe/, /ʃɑ.tʁe/
Audio (file) - Homophones: châtrai, châtré, châtrée, châtrées, châtrés, châtrez
Verb edit
châtrer
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of châtrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | châtrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | châtrant /ʃa.tʁɑ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | châtré /ʃa.tʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ |
châtres /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ |
châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ |
châtrons /ʃa.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɔ̃/ |
châtrez /ʃa.tʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁe/ |
châtrent /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ |
| imperfect | châtrais /ʃa.tʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛ/ |
châtrais /ʃa.tʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛ/ |
châtrait /ʃa.tʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛ/ |
châtrions /ʃa.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
châtriez /ʃa.tʁi.je/ or /ʃɑ.tʁi.je/ |
châtraient /ʃa.tʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | châtrai /ʃa.tʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁe/ |
châtras /ʃa.tʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa/ |
châtra /ʃa.tʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa/ |
châtrâmes /ʃa.tʁam/ or /ʃɑ.tʁam/ |
châtrâtes /ʃa.tʁat/ or /ʃɑ.tʁat/ |
châtrèrent /ʃa.tʁɛʁ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | châtrerai /ʃa.tʁə.ʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁe/ |
châtreras /ʃa.tʁə.ʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁa/ |
châtrera /ʃa.tʁə.ʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁa/ |
châtrerons /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
châtrerez /ʃa.tʁə.ʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁe/ |
châtreront /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | châtrerais /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
châtrerais /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
châtrerait /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
châtrerions /ʃa.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
châtreriez /ʃa.tʁə.ʁje/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.ʁje/ |
châtreraient /ʃa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tʁə.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 | châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ |
châtres /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ |
châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ |
châtrions /ʃa.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
châtriez /ʃa.tʁi.je/ or /ʃɑ.tʁi.je/ |
châtrent /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | châtrasse /ʃa.tʁas/ or /ʃɑ.tʁas/ |
châtrasses /ʃa.tʁas/ or /ʃɑ.tʁas/ |
châtrât /ʃa.tʁa/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa/ |
châtrassions /ʃa.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
châtrassiez /ʃa.tʁa.sje/ or /ʃɑ.tʁa.sje/ |
châtrassent /ʃa.tʁas/ or /ʃɑ.tʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | châtre /ʃatʁ/ or /ʃɑtʁ/ |
— | châtrons /ʃa.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tʁɔ̃/ |
châtrez /ʃa.tʁe/ or /ʃɑ.tʁe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “châtrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.