castrer

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French

Etymology

Ca. 1600, borrowed from Latin castrāre. Doublet of inherited châtrer.

Pronunciation

Verb

castrer

  1. to castrate, neuter (remove sex organs from an animal)
    Synonym: châtrer

Conjugation

Conjugation of castrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple castrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple castrant
/kas.tʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle castré
/kas.tʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present castre
/kastʁ/ 		castres
/kastʁ/ 		castre
/kastʁ/ 		castrons
/kas.tʁɔ̃/ 		castrez
/kas.tʁe/ 		castrent
/kastʁ/
imperfect castrais
/kas.tʁɛ/ 		castrais
/kas.tʁɛ/ 		castrait
/kas.tʁɛ/ 		castrions
/kas.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		castriez
/kas.tʁi.je/ 		castraient
/kas.tʁɛ/
past historic2 castrai
/kas.tʁe/ 		castras
/kas.tʁa/ 		castra
/kas.tʁa/ 		castrâmes
/kas.tʁam/ 		castrâtes
/kas.tʁat/ 		castrèrent
/kas.tʁɛʁ/
future castrerai
/kas.tʁə.ʁe/ 		castreras
/kas.tʁə.ʁa/ 		castrera
/kas.tʁə.ʁa/ 		castrerons
/kas.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		castrerez
/kas.tʁə.ʁe/ 		castreront
/kas.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional castrerais
/kas.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		castrerais
/kas.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		castrerait
/kas.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		castrerions
/kas.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		castreriez
/kas.tʁə.ʁje/ 		castreraient
/kas.tʁə.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 castre
/kastʁ/ 		castres
/kastʁ/ 		castre
/kastʁ/ 		castrions
/kas.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		castriez
/kas.tʁi.je/ 		castrent
/kastʁ/
imperfect2 castrasse
/kas.tʁas/ 		castrasses
/kas.tʁas/ 		castrât
/kas.tʁa/ 		castrassions
/kas.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		castrassiez
/kas.tʁa.sje/ 		castrassent
/kas.tʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — castre
/kastʁ/ 		— castrons
/kas.tʁɔ̃/ 		castrez
/kas.tʁe/ 		—
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Further reading

Latin

Verb

castrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of castrō
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