castrer
French
Etymology
Ca. 1600, borrowed from Latin castrāre. Doublet of inherited châtrer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kas.tʁe/
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file) - Homophones: castrai, castré, castrée, castrées, castrés, castrez
Verb
castrer
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “castrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
castrer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of castrō