natter

See also Natter, and nätter

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ætə(r)

Verb

natter (third-person singular simple present natters, present participle nattering, simple past and past participle nattered)

1. (colloquial) To talk without purpose.
2. (Scotland) To nag.

Translations

to talk idly

• French: bavarder (fr), blablater (fr), papoter (fr)

• Russian: болтать (ru) (boltat') n

Noun

natter (plural natters)

1. (colloquial) Mindless and irrelevant chatter.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:chatter

Anagrams

• treant

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Dutch

Adjective

natter

1. comparative form of nat

Anagrams

• ratten, tarten

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French

Etymology

natte +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA: /na.te/

Verb

natter

1. to plait; to braid

Derived terms

• dénatter

Conjugation

   Conjugation of natter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		natter			avoir natté
gerund		en nattant			en ayant natté
present participle		nattant
past participle		natté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	natte	nattes	natte	nattons	nattez	nattent
	imperfect	nattais	nattais	nattait	nattions	nattiez	nattaient
	past historic1	nattai	nattas	natta	nattâmes	nattâtes	nattèrent
	future	natterai	natteras	nattera	natterons	natterez	natteront
	conditional	natterais	natterais	natterait	natterions	natteriez	natteraient
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 anterior1	Use the past historic 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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	natte	nattes	natte	nattions	nattiez	nattent
	imperfect1	nattasse	nattasses	nattât	nattassions	nattassiez	nattassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	natte	—	nattons	nattez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• entrât, ratent, râtent, rentât, tarent