grater
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French grateor. See grate.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: grāt'ə, IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪtə/
- (US) enPR: grāt'ər, IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
- Homophone: greater
NounEdit
grater (plural graters)
- a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump
- I'm making coleslaw; do you know where the grater is?
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
a tool with which one grates
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See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Frankish *krattōn, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną.
VerbEdit
grater
- to scrape (come into physical contact with in a way that causes damage)
ConjugationEdit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of grater (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | grater | avoir graté | |||||
gerund | en gratant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | gratant | ||||||
past participle | graté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | grat | grates | grate | gratons | gratez | gratent |
imperfect | gratoie, grateie, gratoe, grateve | gratoies, grateies, gratoes, grateves | gratoit, grateit, gratot, grateve | gratiiens, gratiens | gratiiez, gratiez | gratoient, grateient, gratoent, gratevent | |
preterite | gratai | gratas | grata | gratames | gratastes | graterent | |
future | graterai | grateras | gratera | graterons | grateroiz, gratereiz, graterez | grateront | |
conditional | grateroie, gratereie | grateroies, gratereies | grateroit, gratereit | grateriiens, grateriens | grateriiez, grateriez | grateroient, gratereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | grat | graz | grat | gratons | gratez | gratent |
imperfect | gratasse | gratasses | gratast | gratissons, gratissiens | gratissoiz, gratissez, gratissiez | gratassent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | grate | — | gratons | gratez | — |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (grater, supplement)
- grater on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub