natter
English
Etymology
From a Northern England dialectal variant of gnatter (also knatter) ("to chatter, grumble; nibble away at"). Cognate with German Low German gnattern (“to mumble, grumble, be grouchy”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnætɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnætə/
- Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: nat‧ter
Verb
natter (third-person singular simple present natters, present participle nattering, simple past and past participle nattered)
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
natter (plural natters)
- (colloquial) Mindless and irrelevant chatter.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:chatter
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
-
Audio (file)
Adjective
natter
- Comparative form of nat
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na.te/
Verb
natter
Conjugation
Conjugation of natter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | natter | avoir natté | |||||
| gerund | en nattant | en ayant natté | |||||
| present participle | nattant /na.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | natté /na.te/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | natte /nat/ |
nattes /nat/ |
natte /nat/ |
nattons /na.tɔ̃/ |
nattez /na.te/ |
nattent /nat/ |
| imperfect | nattais /na.tɛ/ |
nattais /na.tɛ/ |
nattait /na.tɛ/ |
nattions /na.tjɔ̃/ |
nattiez /na.tje/ |
nattaient /na.tɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | nattai /na.te/ |
nattas /na.ta/ |
natta /na.ta/ |
nattâmes /na.tam/ |
nattâtes /na.tat/ |
nattèrent /na.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | natterai /na.tʁe/ |
natteras /na.tʁa/ |
nattera /na.tʁa/ |
natterons /na.tʁɔ̃/ |
natterez /na.tʁe/ |
natteront /na.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | natterais /na.tʁɛ/ |
natterais /na.tʁɛ/ |
natterait /na.tʁɛ/ |
natterions /na.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
natteriez /na.tə.ʁje/ |
natteraient /na.tʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | natte /nat/ |
nattes /nat/ |
natte /nat/ |
nattions /na.tjɔ̃/ |
nattiez /na.tje/ |
nattent /nat/ |
| imperfect1 | nattasse /na.tas/ |
nattasses /na.tas/ |
nattât /na.ta/ |
nattassions /na.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
nattassiez /na.ta.sje/ |
nattassent /na.tas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | natte /nat/ |
— | nattons /na.tɔ̃/ |
nattez /na.te/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “natter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.