catcher

See also: Catcher and cátcher

English

Etymology

catch +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæt͡ʃə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæt͡ʃəɹ/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃ-/
  • Audio (GA)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ætʃə(ɹ), -ɛtʃə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: catch‧er

Noun

catcher (plural catchers)

  1. Someone or something that catches.
  2. (baseball) The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher
  3. (chiefly US, colloquial) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
    Synonym: bottom
  4. (archaic) A wrestler.

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kat.ʃe/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

catcher

  1. to wrestle
  2. (Quebec) to catch
  3. (Quebec) to catch, get (understand fully)
    T’as ben catché?
    Ya got it?

Conjugation
Conjugation of catcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple catcher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple catchant
/kat.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle catché
/kat.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present catche
/katʃ/		 catches
/katʃ/		 catche
/katʃ/		 catchons
/kat.ʃɔ̃/		 catchez
/kat.ʃe/		 catchent
/katʃ/
imperfect catchais
/kat.ʃɛ/		 catchais
/kat.ʃɛ/		 catchait
/kat.ʃɛ/		 catchions
/kat.ʃjɔ̃/		 catchiez
/kat.ʃje/		 catchaient
/kat.ʃɛ/
past historic2 catchai
/kat.ʃe/		 catchas
/kat.ʃa/		 catcha
/kat.ʃa/		 catchâmes
/kat.ʃam/		 catchâtes
/kat.ʃat/		 catchèrent
/kat.ʃɛʁ/
future catcherai
/kat.ʃə.ʁe/		 catcheras
/kat.ʃə.ʁa/		 catchera
/kat.ʃə.ʁa/		 catcherons
/kat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/		 catcherez
/kat.ʃə.ʁe/		 catcheront
/kat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional catcherais
/kat.ʃə.ʁɛ/		 catcherais
/kat.ʃə.ʁɛ/		 catcherait
/kat.ʃə.ʁɛ/		 catcherions
/kat.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 catcheriez
/kat.ʃə.ʁje/		 catcheraient
/kat.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 catche
/katʃ/		 catches
/katʃ/		 catche
/katʃ/		 catchions
/kat.ʃjɔ̃/		 catchiez
/kat.ʃje/		 catchent
/katʃ/
imperfect2 catchasse
/kat.ʃas/		 catchasses
/kat.ʃas/		 catchât
/kat.ʃa/		 catchassions
/kat.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 catchassiez
/kat.ʃa.sje/		 catchassent
/kat.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — catche
/katʃ/		 — catchons
/kat.ʃɔ̃/		 catchez
/kat.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).

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Spanish

Noun

catcher m (plural catchers)

  1. (baseball) catcher
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