plotter
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
Noun
plotter (plural plotters)
- A person who plots.
- (computing) An output device that draws graphs and other pictorial images on paper, sometimes using attached pens.
- (navigation) An instrument used to mark or find the position of a vessel on a chart.
- (slang) An author who usually relies on a plan or outline to organize their story.
- Antonyms: pantser (writing)
Derived terms
Translations
person who plots — see also conspirator
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device
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Etymology 2
Verb
plotter (third-person singular simple present plotters, present participle plottering, simple past and past participle plottered)
- Alternative form of plouter.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɔ.te/
Audio: (file)
Verb
plotter
- (obsolete) alternative form of peloter
Conjugation
Conjugation of plotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | plotter | |||||
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| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | plottant /plɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | plotté /plɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | plotte /plɔt/ |
plottes /plɔt/ |
plotte /plɔt/ |
plottons /plɔ.tɔ̃/ |
plottez /plɔ.te/ |
plottent /plɔt/ |
| imperfect | plottais /plɔ.tɛ/ |
plottais /plɔ.tɛ/ |
plottait /plɔ.tɛ/ |
plottions /plɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
plottiez /plɔ.tje/ |
plottaient /plɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | plottai /plɔ.te/ |
plottas /plɔ.ta/ |
plotta /plɔ.ta/ |
plottâmes /plɔ.tam/ |
plottâtes /plɔ.tat/ |
plottèrent /plɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | plotterai /plɔ.tʁe/ |
plotteras /plɔ.tʁa/ |
plottera /plɔ.tʁa/ |
plotterons /plɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
plotterez /plɔ.tʁe/ |
plotteront /plɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | plotterais /plɔ.tʁɛ/ |
plotterais /plɔ.tʁɛ/ |
plotterait /plɔ.tʁɛ/ |
plotterions /plɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
plotteriez /plɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
plotteraient /plɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | plotte /plɔt/ |
plottes /plɔt/ |
plotte /plɔt/ |
plottions /plɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
plottiez /plɔ.tje/ |
plottent /plɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | plottasse /plɔ.tas/ |
plottasses /plɔ.tas/ |
plottât /plɔ.ta/ |
plottassions /plɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
plottassiez /plɔ.ta.sje/ |
plottassent /plɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | plotte /plɔt/ |
— | plottons /plɔ.tɔ̃/ |
plottez /plɔ.te/ |
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| 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). | |||||||
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
plotter
- present of plotte
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English plotter.
Noun
plotter n (plural plottere)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | plotter | plotterul | plottere | plotterele | |
| genitive-dative | plotter | plotterului | plottere | plotterelor | |
| vocative | plotterule | plotterelor | |||