catastropher

French

Etymology

catastrophe +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fe/

Verb

catastropher

1. (transitive) to stagger (a person, with an announcement)

Conjugation

Conjugation of catastropher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	catastropher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	catastrophant /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		catastrophé /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	catastrophe /ka.tas.tʁɔf/	catastrophes /ka.tas.tʁɔf/	catastrophe /ka.tas.tʁɔf/	catastrophons /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɔ̃/	catastrophez /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fe/	catastrophent /ka.tas.tʁɔf/
	imperfect	catastrophais /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɛ/	catastrophais /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɛ/	catastrophait /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɛ/	catastrophions /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fjɔ̃/	catastrophiez /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fje/	catastrophaient /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɛ/
	past historic2	catastrophai /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fe/	catastrophas /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fa/	catastropha /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fa/	catastrophâmes /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fam/	catastrophâtes /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fat/	catastrophèrent /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɛʁ/
	future	catastropherai /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁe/	catastropheras /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁa/	catastrophera /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁa/	catastropherons /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁɔ̃/	catastropherez /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁe/	catastropheront /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁɔ̃/
	conditional	catastropherais /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/	catastropherais /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/	catastropherait /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/	catastropherions /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	catastropheriez /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fə.ʁje/	catastropheraient /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/
(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	catastrophe /ka.tas.tʁɔf/	catastrophes /ka.tas.tʁɔf/	catastrophe /ka.tas.tʁɔf/	catastrophions /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fjɔ̃/	catastrophiez /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fje/	catastrophent /ka.tas.tʁɔf/
	imperfect2	catastrophasse /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fas/	catastrophasses /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fas/	catastrophât /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fa/	catastrophassions /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fa.sjɔ̃/	catastrophassiez /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fa.sje/	catastrophassent /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	catastrophe /ka.tas.tʁɔf/	—	catastrophons /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fɔ̃/	catastrophez /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fe/	—
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).

Further reading

• “catastropher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.