scratcher
See also: Scratcher
English
Etymology
Noun
scratcher (plural scratchers)
- Someone who scratches.
- A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch.
- (lottery) A scratch card.
- A bed. (etymology: rhyming slang, rhymes with "scratch your head") usage references: )
- (zoology) Any rasorial bird.
- (slang) A counterfeiter.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for scratcher in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Derived terms
- back scratcher/back-scratcher
- head scratcher/head-scratcher
- butt scratcher/butt-scratcher
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skʁat.ʃe/
Verb
scratcher
- (Quebec, colloquial) to scratch, to make a scratch
Conjugation
Conjugation of scratcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | scratcher | avoir scratché | |||||
| gerund | en scratchant | en ayant scratché | |||||
| present participle | scratchant /skʁat.ʃɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | scratché /skʁat.ʃe/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | scratche /skʁatʃ/ |
scratches /skʁatʃ/ |
scratche /skʁatʃ/ |
scratchons /skʁat.ʃɔ̃/ |
scratchez /skʁat.ʃe/ |
scratchent /skʁatʃ/ |
| imperfect | scratchais /skʁat.ʃɛ/ |
scratchais /skʁat.ʃɛ/ |
scratchait /skʁat.ʃɛ/ |
scratchions /skʁat.ʃjɔ̃/ |
scratchiez /skʁat.ʃje/ |
scratchaient /skʁat.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | scratchai /skʁat.ʃe/ |
scratchas /skʁat.ʃa/ |
scratcha /skʁat.ʃa/ |
scratchâmes /skʁat.ʃam/ |
scratchâtes /skʁat.ʃat/ |
scratchèrent /skʁat.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | scratcherai /skʁat.ʃə.ʁe/ |
scratcheras /skʁat.ʃə.ʁa/ |
scratchera /skʁat.ʃə.ʁa/ |
scratcherons /skʁat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
scratcherez /skʁat.ʃə.ʁe/ |
scratcheront /skʁat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | scratcherais /skʁat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
scratcherais /skʁat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
scratcherait /skʁat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
scratcherions /skʁat.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
scratcheriez /skʁat.ʃə.ʁje/ |
scratcheraient /skʁat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | scratche /skʁatʃ/ |
scratches /skʁatʃ/ |
scratche /skʁatʃ/ |
scratchions /skʁat.ʃjɔ̃/ |
scratchiez /skʁat.ʃje/ |
scratchent /skʁatʃ/ |
| imperfect1 | scratchasse /skʁat.ʃas/ |
scratchasses /skʁat.ʃas/ |
scratchât /skʁat.ʃa/ |
scratchassions /skʁat.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
scratchassiez /skʁat.ʃa.sje/ |
scratchassent /skʁat.ʃas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | scratche /skʁatʃ/ |
— | scratchons /skʁat.ʃɔ̃/ |
scratchez /skʁat.ʃe/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Synonyms
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