scotcher

English

Noun

scotcher (plural scotchers)

1. Synonym of toppler (“one who overthrows”)

Anagrams

• Crochets, crochets, crotches

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French

Etymology

scotch +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɔt.ʃe/

Verb

scotcher

1. to apply Scotch tape
2. (figuratively) to numb, freeze
   • 2015 July 7, Julie Saulnier, “Attentat de Charlie Hebdo: "J'étais scotché devant l'écran", se souvient Plantu”, in L'Express‎^[1]:

     Alors, j’ai regardé les images sur iTélé et j’ai compris qu’il y avait des dessinateurs blessés, puis morts. J’étais scotché devant l’écran. Je connaissais tous ces dessinateurs que j’admire et en particulier un ami très cher, Tignous.

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Conjugation

Conjugation of scotcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	scotcher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	scotchant /skɔt.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		scotché /skɔt.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	scotche /skɔtʃ/	scotches /skɔtʃ/	scotche /skɔtʃ/	scotchons /skɔt.ʃɔ̃/	scotchez /skɔt.ʃe/	scotchent /skɔtʃ/
	imperfect	scotchais /skɔt.ʃɛ/	scotchais /skɔt.ʃɛ/	scotchait /skɔt.ʃɛ/	scotchions /skɔt.ʃjɔ̃/	scotchiez /skɔt.ʃje/	scotchaient /skɔt.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	scotchai /skɔt.ʃe/	scotchas /skɔt.ʃa/	scotcha /skɔt.ʃa/	scotchâmes /skɔt.ʃam/	scotchâtes /skɔt.ʃat/	scotchèrent /skɔt.ʃɛʁ/
	future	scotcherai /skɔt.ʃə.ʁe/	scotcheras /skɔt.ʃə.ʁa/	scotchera /skɔt.ʃə.ʁa/	scotcherons /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/	scotcherez /skɔt.ʃə.ʁe/	scotcheront /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	scotcherais /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/	scotcherais /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/	scotcherait /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/	scotcherions /skɔt.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	scotcheriez /skɔt.ʃə.ʁje/	scotcheraient /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/
(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	scotche /skɔtʃ/	scotches /skɔtʃ/	scotche /skɔtʃ/	scotchions /skɔt.ʃjɔ̃/	scotchiez /skɔt.ʃje/	scotchent /skɔtʃ/
	imperfect2	scotchasse /skɔt.ʃas/	scotchasses /skɔt.ʃas/	scotchât /skɔt.ʃa/	scotchassions /skɔt.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	scotchassiez /skɔt.ʃa.sje/	scotchassent /skɔt.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	scotche /skɔtʃ/	—	scotchons /skɔt.ʃɔ̃/	scotchez /skɔt.ʃe/	—
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

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