boycotter

English

Etymology

boycott +‎ -er

Noun

boycotter (plural boycotters)

  1. Someone who engages in a boycott
    • 2009 January 18, Anthony Lewis, “A New National Scripture”, in New York Times‎:
      As early as 1955 […] , he spoke in what Sundquist calls his “ornate metaphorical style,” evident in his first speech to the boycotters.

Translations

French

Etymology

From boycott +‎ -er, calque of English boycott.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔj.kɔ.te/
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Verb

boycotter

  1. to boycott

Conjugation
Conjugation of boycotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple boycotter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple boycottant
/bɔj.kɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle boycotté
/bɔj.kɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present boycotte
/bɔj.kɔt/		 boycottes
/bɔj.kɔt/		 boycotte
/bɔj.kɔt/		 boycottons
/bɔj.kɔ.tɔ̃/		 boycottez
/bɔj.kɔ.te/		 boycottent
/bɔj.kɔt/
imperfect boycottais
/bɔj.kɔ.tɛ/		 boycottais
/bɔj.kɔ.tɛ/		 boycottait
/bɔj.kɔ.tɛ/		 boycottions
/bɔj.kɔ.tjɔ̃/		 boycottiez
/bɔj.kɔ.tje/		 boycottaient
/bɔj.kɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 boycottai
/bɔj.kɔ.te/		 boycottas
/bɔj.kɔ.ta/		 boycotta
/bɔj.kɔ.ta/		 boycottâmes
/bɔj.kɔ.tam/		 boycottâtes
/bɔj.kɔ.tat/		 boycottèrent
/bɔj.kɔ.tɛʁ/
future boycotterai
/bɔj.kɔ.tʁe/		 boycotteras
/bɔj.kɔ.tʁa/		 boycottera
/bɔj.kɔ.tʁa/		 boycotterons
/bɔj.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/		 boycotterez
/bɔj.kɔ.tʁe/		 boycotteront
/bɔj.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional boycotterais
/bɔj.kɔ.tʁɛ/		 boycotterais
/bɔj.kɔ.tʁɛ/		 boycotterait
/bɔj.kɔ.tʁɛ/		 boycotterions
/bɔj.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 boycotteriez
/bɔj.kɔ.tə.ʁje/		 boycotteraient
/bɔj.kɔ.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 boycotte
/bɔj.kɔt/		 boycottes
/bɔj.kɔt/		 boycotte
/bɔj.kɔt/		 boycottions
/bɔj.kɔ.tjɔ̃/		 boycottiez
/bɔj.kɔ.tje/		 boycottent
/bɔj.kɔt/
imperfect2 boycottasse
/bɔj.kɔ.tas/		 boycottasses
/bɔj.kɔ.tas/		 boycottât
/bɔj.kɔ.ta/		 boycottassions
/bɔj.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 boycottassiez
/bɔj.kɔ.ta.sje/		 boycottassent
/bɔj.kɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — boycotte
/bɔj.kɔt/		 — boycottons
/bɔj.kɔ.tɔ̃/		 boycottez
/bɔj.kɔ.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:
  • 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).

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