garroter

English

Etymology

garrote +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)

Noun

garroter (plural garroters)

1. A person who uses a garrote.
2. A person who strangles someone from behind.

Anagrams

• regrator

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

garroter

1. to kill by strangulation
2. to tighten using a garrot

Conjugation

Conjugation of garroter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	garroter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	garrotant /ɡa.ʁɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		garroté /ɡa.ʁɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	garrote /ɡa.ʁɔt/	garrotes /ɡa.ʁɔt/	garrote /ɡa.ʁɔt/	garrotons /ɡa.ʁɔ.tɔ̃/	garrotez /ɡa.ʁɔ.te/	garrotent /ɡa.ʁɔt/
	imperfect	garrotais /ɡa.ʁɔ.tɛ/	garrotais /ɡa.ʁɔ.tɛ/	garrotait /ɡa.ʁɔ.tɛ/	garrotions /ɡa.ʁɔ.tjɔ̃/	garrotiez /ɡa.ʁɔ.tje/	garrotaient /ɡa.ʁɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	garrotai /ɡa.ʁɔ.te/	garrotas /ɡa.ʁɔ.ta/	garrota /ɡa.ʁɔ.ta/	garrotâmes /ɡa.ʁɔ.tam/	garrotâtes /ɡa.ʁɔ.tat/	garrotèrent /ɡa.ʁɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	garroterai /ɡa.ʁɔ.tʁe/	garroteras /ɡa.ʁɔ.tʁa/	garrotera /ɡa.ʁɔ.tʁa/	garroterons /ɡa.ʁɔ.tʁɔ̃/	garroterez /ɡa.ʁɔ.tʁe/	garroteront /ɡa.ʁɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	garroterais /ɡa.ʁɔ.tʁɛ/	garroterais /ɡa.ʁɔ.tʁɛ/	garroterait /ɡa.ʁɔ.tʁɛ/	garroterions /ɡa.ʁɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	garroteriez /ɡa.ʁɔ.tə.ʁje/	garroteraient /ɡa.ʁɔ.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	garrote /ɡa.ʁɔt/	garrotes /ɡa.ʁɔt/	garrote /ɡa.ʁɔt/	garrotions /ɡa.ʁɔ.tjɔ̃/	garrotiez /ɡa.ʁɔ.tje/	garrotent /ɡa.ʁɔt/
	imperfect2	garrotasse /ɡa.ʁɔ.tas/	garrotasses /ɡa.ʁɔ.tas/	garrotât /ɡa.ʁɔ.ta/	garrotassions /ɡa.ʁɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	garrotassiez /ɡa.ʁɔ.ta.sje/	garrotassent /ɡa.ʁɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	garrote /ɡa.ʁɔt/	—	garrotons /ɡa.ʁɔ.tɔ̃/	garrotez /ɡa.ʁɔ.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).

Related terms

• garrot