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molester

English edit

Etymology edit

molest +‎ -er

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

molester (plural molesters)

  1. Agent noun of molest: one who molests.

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Verb edit

molester (third-person singular simple present molesters, present participle molestering, simple past and past participle molestered)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) Alternative form of molest
    • 2000, "The Wacky Molestation Adventure" (season 4, episode 16), South Park
      Kyle: I wish I didn't have any parents!
      Cartman: Well, you could make them go away for a while.
      Kyle: How?
      Cartman: Well, I mean, you could call the police and have them take your parents away.
      Stan: The police?
      Cartman: Yeah! I saw it on TV. All you gotta do is call the police, and say that your parents both molestered you.
      Kyle: What's that?
      Cartman: I don't know, but it works. When I wanted to get rid of my mom's last boyfriend, I just called the police, and said he was molestering me, and I haven't seen him for three months.

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Verb edit

molester

  1. imperative of molestere

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

molester

  1. to molest
  2. to maul

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of molester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple molester
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple molestant
/mɔ.lɛs.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle molesté
/mɔ.lɛs.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present moleste
/mɔ.lɛst/ 		molestes
/mɔ.lɛst/ 		moleste
/mɔ.lɛst/ 		molestons
/mɔ.lɛs.tɔ̃/ 		molestez
/mɔ.lɛs.te/ 		molestent
/mɔ.lɛst/
imperfect molestais
/mɔ.lɛs.tɛ/ 		molestais
/mɔ.lɛs.tɛ/ 		molestait
/mɔ.lɛs.tɛ/ 		molestions
/mɔ.lɛs.tjɔ̃/ 		molestiez
/mɔ.lɛs.tje/ 		molestaient
/mɔ.lɛs.tɛ/
past historic2 molestai
/mɔ.lɛs.te/ 		molestas
/mɔ.lɛs.ta/ 		molesta
/mɔ.lɛs.ta/ 		molestâmes
/mɔ.lɛs.tam/ 		molestâtes
/mɔ.lɛs.tat/ 		molestèrent
/mɔ.lɛs.tɛʁ/
future molesterai
/mɔ.lɛs.tə.ʁe/ 		molesteras
/mɔ.lɛs.tə.ʁa/ 		molestera
/mɔ.lɛs.tə.ʁa/ 		molesterons
/mɔ.lɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		molesterez
/mɔ.lɛs.tə.ʁe/ 		molesteront
/mɔ.lɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional molesterais
/mɔ.lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		molesterais
/mɔ.lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		molesterait
/mɔ.lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		molesterions
/mɔ.lɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		molesteriez
/mɔ.lɛs.tə.ʁje/ 		molesteraient
/mɔ.lɛs.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 moleste
/mɔ.lɛst/ 		molestes
/mɔ.lɛst/ 		moleste
/mɔ.lɛst/ 		molestions
/mɔ.lɛs.tjɔ̃/ 		molestiez
/mɔ.lɛs.tje/ 		molestent
/mɔ.lɛst/
imperfect2 molestasse
/mɔ.lɛs.tas/ 		molestasses
/mɔ.lɛs.tas/ 		molestât
/mɔ.lɛs.ta/ 		molestassions
/mɔ.lɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		molestassiez
/mɔ.lɛs.ta.sje/ 		molestassent
/mɔ.lɛs.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — moleste
/mɔ.lɛst/ 		— molestons
/mɔ.lɛs.tɔ̃/ 		molestez
/mɔ.lɛs.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:
  • 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).

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