parachuter

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

parachute +‎ -er

NounEdit

parachuter (plural parachuters)

One who uses a parachute; a parachutist.
- 2007 May 25, “Spare Times”, in New York Times‎^[1]:
  If you want to coordinate your bathing, beach walks and concession and boardwalk excursions with the show, keep in mind that the Army’s Golden Knights parachute team is scheduled to come by at 10:28; the Navy Leap Frogs parachuters at 11:16 and a B-1 bomber at 11:48.

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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VerbEdit

parachuter

to parachute

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of parachuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	parachuter
present participle or gerund¹	simple	parachutant /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		parachuté /pa.ʁa.ʃy.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	parachute /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/	parachutes /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/	parachute /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/	parachutons /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɔ̃/	parachutez /pa.ʁa.ʃy.te/	parachutent /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/
	imperfect	parachutais /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɛ/	parachutais /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɛ/	parachutait /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɛ/	parachutions /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tjɔ̃/	parachutiez /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tje/	parachutaient /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɛ/
	past historic²	parachutai /pa.ʁa.ʃy.te/	parachutas /pa.ʁa.ʃy.ta/	parachuta /pa.ʁa.ʃy.ta/	parachutâmes /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tam/	parachutâtes /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tat/	parachutèrent /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɛʁ/
	future	parachuterai /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁe/	parachuteras /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁa/	parachutera /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁa/	parachuterons /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁɔ̃/	parachuterez /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁe/	parachuteront /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	parachuterais /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁɛ/	parachuterais /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁɛ/	parachuterait /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁɛ/	parachuterions /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	parachuteriez /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tə.ʁje/	parachuteraient /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tʁɛ/
(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	parachute /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/	parachutes /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/	parachute /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/	parachutions /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tjɔ̃/	parachutiez /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tje/	parachutent /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	parachutasse /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tas/	parachutasses /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tas/	parachutât /pa.ʁa.ʃy.ta/	parachutassions /pa.ʁa.ʃy.ta.sjɔ̃/	parachutassiez /pa.ʁa.ʃy.ta.sje/	parachutassent /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	parachute /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/	—	parachutons /pa.ʁa.ʃy.tɔ̃/	parachutez /pa.ʁa.ʃy.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).