charcuter

French

Etymology

Back formation from charcutier (“butcher”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.ky.te/
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Verb

charcuter

  1. to chop or cut badly

Conjugation

Conjugation of charcuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple charcuter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple charcutant
/ʃaʁ.ky.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle charcuté
/ʃaʁ.ky.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present charcute
/ʃaʁ.kyt/ 		charcutes
/ʃaʁ.kyt/ 		charcute
/ʃaʁ.kyt/ 		charcutons
/ʃaʁ.ky.tɔ̃/ 		charcutez
/ʃaʁ.ky.te/ 		charcutent
/ʃaʁ.kyt/
imperfect charcutais
/ʃaʁ.ky.tɛ/ 		charcutais
/ʃaʁ.ky.tɛ/ 		charcutait
/ʃaʁ.ky.tɛ/ 		charcutions
/ʃaʁ.ky.tjɔ̃/ 		charcutiez
/ʃaʁ.ky.tje/ 		charcutaient
/ʃaʁ.ky.tɛ/
past historic2 charcutai
/ʃaʁ.ky.te/ 		charcutas
/ʃaʁ.ky.ta/ 		charcuta
/ʃaʁ.ky.ta/ 		charcutâmes
/ʃaʁ.ky.tam/ 		charcutâtes
/ʃaʁ.ky.tat/ 		charcutèrent
/ʃaʁ.ky.tɛʁ/
future charcuterai
/ʃaʁ.ky.tʁe/ 		charcuteras
/ʃaʁ.ky.tʁa/ 		charcutera
/ʃaʁ.ky.tʁa/ 		charcuterons
/ʃaʁ.ky.tʁɔ̃/ 		charcuterez
/ʃaʁ.ky.tʁe/ 		charcuteront
/ʃaʁ.ky.tʁɔ̃/
conditional charcuterais
/ʃaʁ.ky.tʁɛ/ 		charcuterais
/ʃaʁ.ky.tʁɛ/ 		charcuterait
/ʃaʁ.ky.tʁɛ/ 		charcuterions
/ʃaʁ.ky.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		charcuteriez
/ʃaʁ.ky.tə.ʁje/ 		charcuteraient
/ʃaʁ.ky.tʁɛ/
(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 charcute
/ʃaʁ.kyt/ 		charcutes
/ʃaʁ.kyt/ 		charcute
/ʃaʁ.kyt/ 		charcutions
/ʃaʁ.ky.tjɔ̃/ 		charcutiez
/ʃaʁ.ky.tje/ 		charcutent
/ʃaʁ.kyt/
imperfect2 charcutasse
/ʃaʁ.ky.tas/ 		charcutasses
/ʃaʁ.ky.tas/ 		charcutât
/ʃaʁ.ky.ta/ 		charcutassions
/ʃaʁ.ky.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		charcutassiez
/ʃaʁ.ky.ta.sje/ 		charcutassent
/ʃaʁ.ky.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — charcute
/ʃaʁ.kyt/ 		— charcutons
/ʃaʁ.ky.tɔ̃/ 		charcutez
/ʃaʁ.ky.te/ 		—
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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