massacrer

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English

Etymology

From massacre +‎ -er.

Noun

massacrer (plural massacrers)

  1. One who massacres.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French massacrer, from Old French macecrer, macecler, probably from Vulgar Latin *matteuculāre, from *matteuca (whence French massue), from *mattea or Late Latin mattia, from Latin mateola (“hoe”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.sa.kʁe/
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Verb

massacrer

  1. to massacre (to kill)
  2. (figuratively) to botch (to do something badly)
    Il a massacré cette chanson ― he sung that song really badly (literally, “he massacred that song”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of massacrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple massacrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple massacrant
/ma.sa.kʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle massacré
/ma.sa.kʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present massacre
/ma.sakʁ/ 		massacres
/ma.sakʁ/ 		massacre
/ma.sakʁ/ 		massacrons
/ma.sa.kʁɔ̃/ 		massacrez
/ma.sa.kʁe/ 		massacrent
/ma.sakʁ/
imperfect massacrais
/ma.sa.kʁɛ/ 		massacrais
/ma.sa.kʁɛ/ 		massacrait
/ma.sa.kʁɛ/ 		massacrions
/ma.sa.kʁi.jɔ̃/ 		massacriez
/ma.sa.kʁi.je/ 		massacraient
/ma.sa.kʁɛ/
past historic2 massacrai
/ma.sa.kʁe/ 		massacras
/ma.sa.kʁa/ 		massacra
/ma.sa.kʁa/ 		massacrâmes
/ma.sa.kʁam/ 		massacrâtes
/ma.sa.kʁat/ 		massacrèrent
/ma.sa.kʁɛʁ/
future massacrerai
/ma.sa.kʁə.ʁe/ 		massacreras
/ma.sa.kʁə.ʁa/ 		massacrera
/ma.sa.kʁə.ʁa/ 		massacrerons
/ma.sa.kʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		massacrerez
/ma.sa.kʁə.ʁe/ 		massacreront
/ma.sa.kʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional massacrerais
/ma.sa.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		massacrerais
/ma.sa.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		massacrerait
/ma.sa.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		massacrerions
/ma.sa.kʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		massacreriez
/ma.sa.kʁə.ʁje/ 		massacreraient
/ma.sa.kʁə.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 massacre
/ma.sakʁ/ 		massacres
/ma.sakʁ/ 		massacre
/ma.sakʁ/ 		massacrions
/ma.sa.kʁi.jɔ̃/ 		massacriez
/ma.sa.kʁi.je/ 		massacrent
/ma.sakʁ/
imperfect2 massacrasse
/ma.sa.kʁas/ 		massacrasses
/ma.sa.kʁas/ 		massacrât
/ma.sa.kʁa/ 		massacrassions
/ma.sa.kʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		massacrassiez
/ma.sa.kʁa.sje/ 		massacrassent
/ma.sa.kʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — massacre
/ma.sakʁ/ 		— massacrons
/ma.sa.kʁɔ̃/ 		massacrez
/ma.sa.kʁe/ 		—
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).

Descendants

  • → German: massakrieren
  • → Italian: massacrare
  • → Romanian: masacra

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