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rotter
rotter
English
Noun
rotter (plural rotters)
- A worthless, despicable person.
- (Britain, slang) A scoundrel.
- (Britain, slang, journalism) A non-accredited journalist.
- 2015 January 31, Daniel Taylor, “David Silva seizes point for Manchester City as Chelsea are checked”, in The Guardian (London):
- Apparently it was the fault of Jamie Redknapp and all the other rotters in the media that Diego Costa was suspended and Mourinho, in turn, was applying his own ban.
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Anagrams
Middle French
Alternative forms
Verb
rotter
- to burp
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of rotter
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rotter | avoir rotté | |||||
| gerund | en rottant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | rottant | ||||||
| past participle | rotté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | rotte | rottes | rotte | rottons | rottez | rottent |
| imperfect | rottois, rottoys | rottois, rottoys | rottoit, rottoyt | rottions, rottyons | rottiez, rottyez | rottoient, rottoyent | |
| past historic | rotta | rottas | rotta | rottasmes | rottastes | rotterent | |
| future | rotterai, rotteray | rotteras | rottera | rotterons | rotterez | rotteront | |
| conditional | rotterois, rotteroys | rotterois, rotteroys | rotteroit, rotteroyt | rotterions, rotteryons | rotteriez, rotteryez | rotteroient, rotteroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | rotte | rottes | rotte | rottons | rottez | rottent |
| imperfect | rottasse | rottasses | rottast | rottassions | rottassiez | rottassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | rotte | — | rottons | rottez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: roter