ghoster
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ghoster (plural ghosters)
- (slang) A ghosthunter; a paranormal investigator.
- 2015, Maria Mayer, Crone:
- Ghosters in hopes of catching proof of the paranormal came out of hiding. They emerged from behind headstones, crawled out of bushes, and peered around large trees.
- (nautical) A very lightweight headsail.
- (nautical) A vessel that sails seemingly without wind.
- (slang) One who ghosts or ignores another person.
- Coordinate term: ghostee
- 2023 March 1, Rachel Ellison, “Bad Dates Turn Out to Be Excellent on TikTok”, in The New York Times[1]:
- These TikTok users are aware that one viral video is not going to fix the discontents of online dating; nor will it necessarily catapult a TikTok career (and not everyone has aspirations to pursue the life of an influencer, either). But there may be value in videos going viral, outside of making money and an opportunity to scold ghosters.
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ghoster
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ghoster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ghoster | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ghostant /ɡɔs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ghosté /ɡɔs.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ghoste /ɡɔst/ |
ghostes /ɡɔst/ |
ghoste /ɡɔst/ |
ghostons /ɡɔs.tɔ̃/ |
ghostez /ɡɔs.te/ |
ghostent /ɡɔst/ |
| imperfect | ghostais /ɡɔs.tɛ/ |
ghostais /ɡɔs.tɛ/ |
ghostait /ɡɔs.tɛ/ |
ghostions /ɡɔs.tjɔ̃/ |
ghostiez /ɡɔs.tje/ |
ghostaient /ɡɔs.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ghostai /ɡɔs.te/ |
ghostas /ɡɔs.ta/ |
ghosta /ɡɔs.ta/ |
ghostâmes /ɡɔs.tam/ |
ghostâtes /ɡɔs.tat/ |
ghostèrent /ɡɔs.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | ghosterai /ɡɔs.tə.ʁe/ |
ghosteras /ɡɔs.tə.ʁa/ |
ghostera /ɡɔs.tə.ʁa/ |
ghosterons /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
ghosterez /ɡɔs.tə.ʁe/ |
ghosteront /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ghosterais /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
ghosterais /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
ghosterait /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
ghosterions /ɡɔs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ghosteriez /ɡɔs.tə.ʁje/ |
ghosteraient /ɡɔs.tə.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 | ghoste /ɡɔst/ |
ghostes /ɡɔst/ |
ghoste /ɡɔst/ |
ghostions /ɡɔs.tjɔ̃/ |
ghostiez /ɡɔs.tje/ |
ghostent /ɡɔst/ |
| imperfect2 | ghostasse /ɡɔs.tas/ |
ghostasses /ɡɔs.tas/ |
ghostât /ɡɔs.ta/ |
ghostassions /ɡɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
ghostassiez /ɡɔs.ta.sje/ |
ghostassent /ɡɔs.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ghoste /ɡɔst/ |
— | ghostons /ɡɔs.tɔ̃/ |
ghostez /ɡɔs.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). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “ghoster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.