rooter
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Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
rooter (plural rooters)
- One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
- One who roots or rummages through something.
- 1969, Stephen King, The Reaper's Image
- Like so many of the self-made industry emperors of the late 1800s, he had been little more than a pawnshop rooter masquerading in collector's clothing, a connoisseur of canvas monstrosities, trashy novels and poetry collections […]
- 1969, Stephen King, The Reaper's Image
Etymology 2[edit]
From root (“to cheer for”) + -er.
Noun[edit]
rooter (plural rooters)
- (US, slang) One who roots for, or applauds, something.
- 2007, Vershawn Ashanti Young, Your Average Nigga: Performing Race, Literacy, and Masculinity (page 58)
- My oldest brother is a hefty twelve years older; we never quite bonded, though he's always been my supporter—a real rooter for me in academic studies.
- 2007, Vershawn Ashanti Young, Your Average Nigga: Performing Race, Literacy, and Masculinity (page 58)
Translations[edit]
One who roots for, or applauds, something
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
rooter m (plural rooters)
Verb[edit]
rooter
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of rooter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | rooter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | rootant /ʁɔ.ɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | rooté /ʁɔ.ɔ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | roote /ʁɔ.ɔt/ |
rootes /ʁɔ.ɔt/ |
roote /ʁɔ.ɔt/ |
rootons /ʁɔ.ɔ.tɔ̃/ |
rootez /ʁɔ.ɔ.te/ |
rootent /ʁɔ.ɔt/ |
imperfect | rootais /ʁɔ.ɔ.tɛ/ |
rootais /ʁɔ.ɔ.tɛ/ |
rootait /ʁɔ.ɔ.tɛ/ |
rootions /ʁɔ.ɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
rootiez /ʁɔ.ɔ.tje/ |
rootaient /ʁɔ.ɔ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | rootai /ʁɔ.ɔ.te/ |
rootas /ʁɔ.ɔ.ta/ |
roota /ʁɔ.ɔ.ta/ |
rootâmes /ʁɔ.ɔ.tam/ |
rootâtes /ʁɔ.ɔ.tat/ |
rootèrent /ʁɔ.ɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | rooterai /ʁɔ.ɔ.tʁe/ |
rooteras /ʁɔ.ɔ.tʁa/ |
rootera /ʁɔ.ɔ.tʁa/ |
rooterons /ʁɔ.ɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
rooterez /ʁɔ.ɔ.tʁe/ |
rooteront /ʁɔ.ɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | rooterais /ʁɔ.ɔ.tʁɛ/ |
rooterais /ʁɔ.ɔ.tʁɛ/ |
rooterait /ʁɔ.ɔ.tʁɛ/ |
rooterions /ʁɔ.ɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rooteriez /ʁɔ.ɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
rooteraient /ʁɔ.ɔ.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 | roote /ʁɔ.ɔt/ |
rootes /ʁɔ.ɔt/ |
roote /ʁɔ.ɔt/ |
rootions /ʁɔ.ɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
rootiez /ʁɔ.ɔ.tje/ |
rootent /ʁɔ.ɔt/ |
imperfect2 | rootasse /ʁɔ.ɔ.tas/ |
rootasses /ʁɔ.ɔ.tas/ |
rootât /ʁɔ.ɔ.ta/ |
rootassions /ʁɔ.ɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
rootassiez /ʁɔ.ɔ.ta.sje/ |
rootassent /ʁɔ.ɔ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | roote /ʁɔ.ɔt/ |
— | rootons /ʁɔ.ɔ.tɔ̃/ |
rootez /ʁɔ.ɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
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