user

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English user, equivalent to use +‎ -er.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

user (plural users)

  1. One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer.
  2. A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
  3. (computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.
  4. (pejorative) An exploiter, an abusive user (a person who uses something or someone unfairly, selfishly and/or unethically).

Antonyms [edit]

Synonyms [edit]

  • (one that unfairly takes advantage of or exploits): parasite

Derived terms [edit]

Derived terms

Translations [edit]

one who uses something, a consumer
one who uses drugs
person who uses a computer
an exploiter
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Anagrams [edit]

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin uso

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

user

  1. to wear, wear down, wear off, wear out, grind down, run in
    Trois kilomètres à pied, ça use les souliers.
  2. to use
    Ne m'obligez pas à user de la force.

Conjugation [edit]

   Conjugation of user (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive user avoir usé
gerund en usant en ayant usé
present participle usant
past participle usé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present use uses use usons usez usent
imperfect usais usais usait usions usiez usaient
past historic1 usai usas usa usâmes usâtes usèrent
future userai useras usera userons userez useront
conditional userais userais userait userions useriez useraient
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 use uses use usions usiez usent
imperfect1 usasse usasses usât usassions usassiez usassent
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 –
— use — usons usez —
1literary tenses

Derived terms [edit]

Anagrams [edit]

Gallo [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin ūsus, past participle of ūtor, ūtī (“use, employ”).

Verb [edit]

user

  1. (transitive, cooking) to boil down

Old English [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“of us, our”), from Proto-Indo-European *no-s-ero- (“our”). Cognate with Old Frisian ūse(r) (“our”), Old Saxon ūser (“our”), Old High German unsēr, unsār (“our”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂 (unsar, “our”), Old English ūs (“us”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /uːser/

Pronoun [edit]

ūser

  1. our, belonging to us
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