scotcher
English
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skɔt.ʃe/
Verb
scotcher
- to apply Scotch tape
- (figuratively) to numb, freeze
- 2015 July 7, Julie Saulnier, “Attentat de Charlie Hebdo: "J'étais scotché devant l'écran", se souvient Plantu”, in L'Express:
- Alors, j'ai regardé les images sur iTélé et j'ai compris qu'il y avait des dessinateurs blessés, puis morts. J'étais scotché devant l'écran. Je connaissais tous ces dessinateurs que j'admire et en particulier un ami très cher, Tignous.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of scotcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | scotchant /skɔt.ʃɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | scotché /skɔt.ʃe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | scotcher | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | scotchant /skɔt.ʃɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
scotches /skɔtʃ/ |
scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
scotchons /skɔt.ʃɔ̃/ |
scotchez /skɔt.ʃe/ |
scotchent /skɔtʃ/ |
| imperfect | scotchais /skɔt.ʃɛ/ |
scotchais /skɔt.ʃɛ/ |
scotchait /skɔt.ʃɛ/ |
scotchions /skɔt.ʃjɔ̃/ |
scotchiez /skɔt.ʃje/ |
scotchaient /skɔt.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | scotchai /skɔt.ʃe/ |
scotchas /skɔt.ʃa/ |
scotcha /skɔt.ʃa/ |
scotchâmes /skɔt.ʃam/ |
scotchâtes /skɔt.ʃat/ |
scotchèrent /skɔt.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | scotcherai /skɔt.ʃə.ʁe/ |
scotcheras /skɔt.ʃə.ʁa/ |
scotchera /skɔt.ʃə.ʁa/ |
scotcherons /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
scotcherez /skɔt.ʃə.ʁe/ |
scotcheront /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | scotcherais /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
scotcherais /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
scotcherait /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
scotcherions /skɔt.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
scotcheriez /skɔt.ʃə.ʁje/ |
scotcheraient /skɔt.ʃə.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 | scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
scotches /skɔtʃ/ |
scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
scotchions /skɔt.ʃjɔ̃/ |
scotchiez /skɔt.ʃje/ |
scotchent /skɔtʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | scotchasse /skɔt.ʃas/ |
scotchasses /skɔt.ʃas/ |
scotchât /skɔt.ʃa/ |
scotchassions /skɔt.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
scotchassiez /skɔt.ʃa.sje/ |
scotchassent /skɔt.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
— | scotchons /skɔt.ʃɔ̃/ |
scotchez /skɔt.ʃe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “scotcher” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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