switcher
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English
Etymology
Noun
switcher (plural switchers)
- One who or that which operates a switch.
- 1984, John Martin Robinson, The latest country houses, page 32:
- They all love frugality and conservation; they are manic savers of bits of string and switchers-off of lights.
- One who or that which switches, or changes to something else.
- 2004, Gabriel Kim, Vault Career Guide to Sales & Trading, page 109:
- As a career switcher, I diligently attended all the company presentations on campus, and quickly settled on sales and trading. My prior position was in hospital sales.
- 2011, David Pogue, iPhone: The Missing Manual, page 14:
- In short, the task switcher gives you a way to jump directly to another app, without a layover at the Home screen first.
- (electronics) A switchmode power supply.
- (rail transport, US) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a shunter.
- (UK) Synonyms: shunter, shunting engine
- (rail transport, trucking, US) The yardman who operates such an engine, or performs a similar role in a trucking depot: synonym of yard jockey.
- (television) Synonym of vision mixer (“device for selecting between video sources”)
Derived terms
Translations
A railway locomotive used for shunting; a shunter
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
switcher
- to switch (clarification of this definition is needed)
Conjugation
Conjugation of switcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | switcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | switchant /swit.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | switché /swit.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | switche /switʃ/ |
switches /switʃ/ |
switche /switʃ/ |
switchons /swit.ʃɔ̃/ |
switchez /swit.ʃe/ |
switchent /switʃ/ |
| imperfect | switchais /swit.ʃɛ/ |
switchais /swit.ʃɛ/ |
switchait /swit.ʃɛ/ |
switchions /swit.ʃjɔ̃/ |
switchiez /swit.ʃje/ |
switchaient /swit.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | switchai /swit.ʃe/ |
switchas /swit.ʃa/ |
switcha /swit.ʃa/ |
switchâmes /swit.ʃam/ |
switchâtes /swit.ʃat/ |
switchèrent /swit.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | switcherai /swit.ʃə.ʁe/ |
switcheras /swit.ʃə.ʁa/ |
switchera /swit.ʃə.ʁa/ |
switcherons /swit.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
switcherez /swit.ʃə.ʁe/ |
switcheront /swit.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | switcherais /swit.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
switcherais /swit.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
switcherait /swit.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
switcherions /swit.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
switcheriez /swit.ʃə.ʁje/ |
switcheraient /swit.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 | switche /switʃ/ |
switches /switʃ/ |
switche /switʃ/ |
switchions /swit.ʃjɔ̃/ |
switchiez /swit.ʃje/ |
switchent /switʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | switchasse /swit.ʃas/ |
switchasses /swit.ʃas/ |
switchât /swit.ʃa/ |
switchassions /swit.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
switchassiez /swit.ʃa.sje/ |
switchassent /swit.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | switche /switʃ/ |
— | switchons /swit.ʃɔ̃/ |
switchez /swit.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||