capturer

English

Etymology

From capture +‎ -er.

Noun

capturer (plural capturers)

1. One who, or that which, captures.

Anagrams

• carputer

French

Etymology

From capture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kap.ty.ʁe/

• Audio:

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Verb

capturer

1. to capture (catch, seize e.g. an enemy)

Conjugation

Conjugation of capturer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	capturer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	capturant /kap.ty.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		capturé /kap.ty.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	capture /kap.tyʁ/	captures /kap.tyʁ/	capture /kap.tyʁ/	capturons /kap.ty.ʁɔ̃/	capturez /kap.ty.ʁe/	capturent /kap.tyʁ/
	imperfect	capturais /kap.ty.ʁɛ/	capturais /kap.ty.ʁɛ/	capturait /kap.ty.ʁɛ/	capturions /kap.ty.ʁjɔ̃/	capturiez /kap.ty.ʁje/	capturaient /kap.ty.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	capturai /kap.ty.ʁe/	capturas /kap.ty.ʁa/	captura /kap.ty.ʁa/	capturâmes /kap.ty.ʁam/	capturâtes /kap.ty.ʁat/	capturèrent /kap.ty.ʁɛʁ/
	future	capturerai /kap.ty.ʁə.ʁe/	captureras /kap.ty.ʁə.ʁa/	capturera /kap.ty.ʁə.ʁa/	capturerons /kap.ty.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	capturerez /kap.ty.ʁə.ʁe/	captureront /kap.ty.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	capturerais /kap.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/	capturerais /kap.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/	capturerait /kap.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/	capturerions /kap.ty.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	captureriez /kap.ty.ʁə.ʁje/	captureraient /kap.ty.ʁə.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	capture /kap.tyʁ/	captures /kap.tyʁ/	capture /kap.tyʁ/	capturions /kap.ty.ʁjɔ̃/	capturiez /kap.ty.ʁje/	capturent /kap.tyʁ/
	imperfect2	capturasse /kap.ty.ʁas/	capturasses /kap.ty.ʁas/	capturât /kap.ty.ʁa/	capturassions /kap.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	capturassiez /kap.ty.ʁa.sje/	capturassent /kap.ty.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	capture /kap.tyʁ/	—	capturons /kap.ty.ʁɔ̃/	capturez /kap.ty.ʁe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• recapturer

Further reading

• “capturer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.