arrester

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

arrest +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Noun

arrester (plural arresters)

  1. One who places another under arrest.
  2. A device that stops or prevents, such as a railway buffer, or a spark arrester that prevents sparks from being released to start fires.

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

Old French, from Latin arresto.

Verb

arrester

  1. (transitive) to stop
  2. (reflexive, s'arrester) to stop (stop oneself; halt oneself)
    • circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      et la je m'arrestay pour attendre compaignie qui alast ou pays de Berne ou le dit conte se tenoit
      And there I stayed to wait for the company that was going to Berne where the aforementioned count was

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of arrester
simple compound
infinitive arrester avoir arresté
gerund en arrestant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle arrestant
past participle arresté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present arreste arrestes arreste arrestons arrestez arrestent
imperfect arrestois, arrestoys arrestois, arrestoys arrestoit, arrestoyt arrestions, arrestyons arrestiez, arrestyez arrestoient, arrestoyent
past historic arresta arrestas arresta arrestasmes arrestastes arresterent
future arresterai, arresteray arresteras arrestera arresterons arresterez arresteront
conditional arresterois, arresteroys arresterois, arresteroys arresteroit, arresteroyt arresterions, arresteryons arresteriez, arresteryez arresteroient, arresteroyent
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 anterior 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 ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present arreste arrestes arreste arrestons arrestez arrestent
imperfect arrestasse arrestasses arrestast arrestassions arrestassiez arrestassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— arreste — arrestons arrestez —

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

arrester m

  1. indefinite plural of arrest

Verb

arrester

  1. imperative of arrestere

Old French

Verb

arrester

  1. Alternative form of arester

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of arrester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive arrester avoir arresté
gerund en arrestant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle arrestant
past participle arresté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present arrest arrestes arreste arrestons arrestez arrestent
imperfect arrestoie, arresteie, arrestoe, arresteve arrestoies, arresteies, arrestoes, arresteves arrestoit, arresteit, arrestot, arresteve arrestiiens, arrestiens arrestiiez, arrestiez arrestoient, arresteient, arrestoent, arrestevent
preterite arrestai arrestas arresta arrestames arrestastes arresterent
future arresterai arresteras arrestera arresterons arresteroiz, arrestereiz, arresterez arresteront
conditional arresteroie, arrestereie arresteroies, arrestereies arresteroit, arrestereit arresteriiens, arresteriens arresteriiez, arresteriez arresteroient, arrestereient
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 anterior Use the preterite 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 jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present arrest arrez arrest arrestons arrestez arrestent
imperfect arrestasse arrestasses arrestast arrestissons, arrestissiens arrestissoiz, arrestissez, arrestissiez arrestassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— arreste — arrestons arrestez —
  • An alternative but rare past participle arrestu exists.
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