ghoster
English
Noun
ghoster (plural ghosters)
- (slang) A ghosthunter; a paranormal investigator.
- 2015, Maria Mayer, Crone:
- Ghosters in hopes of catching proof of the paranormal came out of hiding. They emerged from behind headstones, crawled out of bushes, and peered around large trees.
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- (nautical) A very lightweight headsail.
- (nautical) A vessel that sails seemingly without wind.
- (slang) One who ghosts or ignores another person.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔs.te/
Conjugation
Conjugation of ghoster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ghoster | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ghostant /ɡɔs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ghosté /ɡɔs.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ghoste /ɡɔst/ |
ghostes /ɡɔst/ |
ghoste /ɡɔst/ |
ghostons /ɡɔs.tɔ̃/ |
ghostez /ɡɔs.te/ |
ghostent /ɡɔst/ |
| imperfect | ghostais /ɡɔs.tɛ/ |
ghostais /ɡɔs.tɛ/ |
ghostait /ɡɔs.tɛ/ |
ghostions /ɡɔs.tjɔ̃/ |
ghostiez /ɡɔs.tje/ |
ghostaient /ɡɔs.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ghostai /ɡɔs.te/ |
ghostas /ɡɔs.ta/ |
ghosta /ɡɔs.ta/ |
ghostâmes /ɡɔs.tam/ |
ghostâtes /ɡɔs.tat/ |
ghostèrent /ɡɔs.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | ghosterai /ɡɔs.tə.ʁe/ |
ghosteras /ɡɔs.tə.ʁa/ |
ghostera /ɡɔs.tə.ʁa/ |
ghosterons /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
ghosterez /ɡɔs.tə.ʁe/ |
ghosteront /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ghosterais /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
ghosterais /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
ghosterait /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
ghosterions /ɡɔs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ghosteriez /ɡɔs.tə.ʁje/ |
ghosteraient /ɡɔs.tə.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 | ghoste /ɡɔst/ |
ghostes /ɡɔst/ |
ghoste /ɡɔst/ |
ghostions /ɡɔs.tjɔ̃/ |
ghostiez /ɡɔs.tje/ |
ghostent /ɡɔst/ |
| imperfect2 | ghostasse /ɡɔs.tas/ |
ghostasses /ɡɔs.tas/ |
ghostât /ɡɔs.ta/ |
ghostassions /ɡɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
ghostassiez /ɡɔs.ta.sje/ |
ghostassent /ɡɔs.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ghoste /ɡɔst/ |
— | ghostons /ɡɔs.tɔ̃/ |
ghostez /ɡɔs.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “ghoster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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