catcher - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæt͡ʃə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæt͡ʃəɹ/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃ-/
- Rhymes: -ætʃə(ɹ), -ɛtʃə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: catch‧er
catcher (plural catchers)
- Someone or something that catches.
- (baseball) The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher
- (chiefly US, colloquial) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
- Synonym: bottom
- (archaic) A wrestler.
- (baseball player): infielder, outfielder, pitcher
- baby-catcher
- babycatcher
- beau-catcher
- birdcatcher
- bird-catcher tree
- bluff catcher
- boot catcher
- catcatcher
- catcher interference
- catcher-upper
- caterpillar catcher
- cony-catcher
- cootie catcher
- cow catcher
- cowcatcher
- cum-catcher
- cum catcher
- dogcatcher
- dog-catcher
- dream catcher
- dreamcatcher
- eye-catcher, eyecatcher
- fartcatcher
- fishcatcher
- flack catcher
- flack-catcher
- flak catcher
- flak-catcher
- flycatcher
- fly-catcher
- gamecatcher
- gnatcatcher
- grass catcher
- mailcatcher
- man catcher
- molecatcher
- oyster-catcher
- oystercatcher
- podcatcher
- ratcatcher
- slavecatcher
- spear catcher
- spider-catcher
- spycatcher
- stonecatcher
- suncatcher
- tear catcher
- time-catcher
- torpedo catcher
- windcatcher
that which catches
- Dutch: vanger (nl) m
- Finnish: sieppaaja (fi), pyydystäjä (fi), pyytäjä (fi)
- French: attrapeur (fr) m
- German: Fänger (de) m
- Greek: πιάστης (el) m (piástis)
- Hungarian: fogó (hu)
- Italian: collettore (it) m
- Lithuanian: gaudytojas
- Old English: *fenġa m
- Portuguese: coletor (pt) m
- Russian: ула́вливатель (ru) m (ulávlivatelʹ)
- Spanish: colector (es) m
- Swedish: fångare (sv) c
baseball player who receives pitches
- Catalan: receptor (ca) m, receptora (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Dutch: catcher (nl) m or f, achtervanger (nl) m
- Esperanto: kaptanto
- Finnish: sieppari (fi)
- French: receveur (fr) m, receveuse (fr) f
- German: Catcher (de) m, Catcherin f, Fänger (de) m, Fängerin (de) f
- Hungarian: elkapó
- Italian: ricevitore (it) m
- Japanese: キャッチャー (ja) (kyatchā), 捕手 (ja) (ほしゅ, hoshu)
- Korean: 캐처 (kaecheo), 포수(捕手) (ko) (posu)
- Maori: tautopenga
- Portuguese: receptor (pt) m
- Russian: кэ́тчер m (kɛ́tčer)
- Spanish: receptor (es) m
- Swedish: catcher (sv) c, fångare (sv) c
- Tagalog: tagasalo
catcher
| infinitive | simple | catcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | catchant /kat.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | catché /kat.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | catche /katʃ/ |
catches /katʃ/ |
catche /katʃ/ |
catchons /kat.ʃɔ̃/ |
catchez /kat.ʃe/ |
catchent /katʃ/ |
| imperfect | catchais /kat.ʃɛ/ |
catchais /kat.ʃɛ/ |
catchait /kat.ʃɛ/ |
catchions /kat.ʃjɔ̃/ |
catchiez /kat.ʃje/ |
catchaient /kat.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | catchai /kat.ʃe/ |
catchas /kat.ʃa/ |
catcha /kat.ʃa/ |
catchâmes /kat.ʃam/ |
catchâtes /kat.ʃat/ |
catchèrent /kat.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | catcherai /kat.ʃə.ʁe/ |
catcheras /kat.ʃə.ʁa/ |
catchera /kat.ʃə.ʁa/ |
catcherons /kat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
catcherez /kat.ʃə.ʁe/ |
catcheront /kat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | catcherais /kat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
catcherais /kat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
catcherait /kat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
catcherions /kat.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
catcheriez /kat.ʃə.ʁje/ |
catcheraient /kat.ʃə.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 | catche /katʃ/ |
catches /katʃ/ |
catche /katʃ/ |
catchions /kat.ʃjɔ̃/ |
catchiez /kat.ʃje/ |
catchent /katʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | catchasse /kat.ʃas/ |
catchasses /kat.ʃas/ |
catchât /kat.ʃa/ |
catchassions /kat.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
catchassiez /kat.ʃa.sje/ |
catchassent /kat.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | catche /katʃ/ |
— | catchons /kat.ʃɔ̃/ |
catchez /kat.ʃe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
catcher m (plural catchers)