smasher

English

Etymology

smash +‎ -er

Noun

smasher (countable and uncountable, plural smashers)

  1. Something that, or someone who, smashes.
    1. (mining, historical) A person employed to break up waste rock.
  2. (slang) An attractive person (see also smashing).
  3. (slang, dated) Anything very large or extraordinary; a whopper.
  4. (Britain, slang, obsolete) One who passes counterfeit coins.
  5. (Britain, lang, obsolete) The counterfeit money itself.

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French

Etymology

smash +‎ -er, a calque of English to smash

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sma.ʃe/

Verb

smasher

  1. (tennis) to smash

Conjugation
Conjugation of smasher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle smashant
/sma.ʃɑ̃/ or /smat.ʃɑ̃/
past participle smashé
/sma.ʃe/ or /smat.ʃe/
infinitive
simple smasher
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple smashant
/sma.ʃɑ̃/ or /smat.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present smashe
/smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/		 smashes
/smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/		 smashe
/smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/		 smashons
/sma.ʃɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃɔ̃/		 smashez
/sma.ʃe/ or /smat.ʃe/		 smashent
/smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/
imperfect smashais
/sma.ʃɛ/ or /smat.ʃɛ/		 smashais
/sma.ʃɛ/ or /smat.ʃɛ/		 smashait
/sma.ʃɛ/ or /smat.ʃɛ/		 smashions
/sma.ʃjɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃjɔ̃/		 smashiez
/sma.ʃje/ or /smat.ʃje/		 smashaient
/sma.ʃɛ/ or /smat.ʃɛ/
past historic2 smashai
/sma.ʃe/ or /smat.ʃe/		 smashas
/sma.ʃa/ or /smat.ʃa/		 smasha
/sma.ʃa/ or /smat.ʃa/		 smashâmes
/sma.ʃam/ or /smat.ʃam/		 smashâtes
/sma.ʃat/ or /smat.ʃat/		 smashèrent
/sma.ʃɛʁ/ or /smat.ʃɛʁ/
future smasherai
/smaʃ.ʁe/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁe/		 smasheras
/smaʃ.ʁa/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁa/		 smashera
/smaʃ.ʁa/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁa/		 smasherons
/smaʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/		 smasherez
/smaʃ.ʁe/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁe/		 smasheront
/smaʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional smasherais
/smaʃ.ʁɛ/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁɛ/		 smasherais
/smaʃ.ʁɛ/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁɛ/		 smasherait
/smaʃ.ʁɛ/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁɛ/		 smasherions
/sma.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 smasheriez
/sma.ʃə.ʁje/ or /smat.ʃə.ʁje/		 smasheraient
/smaʃ.ʁɛ/ or /smat.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 smashe
/smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/		 smashes
/smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/		 smashe
/smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/		 smashions
/sma.ʃjɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃjɔ̃/		 smashiez
/sma.ʃje/ or /smat.ʃje/		 smashent
/smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/
imperfect2 smashasse
/sma.ʃas/ or /smat.ʃas/		 smashasses
/sma.ʃas/ or /smat.ʃas/		 smashât
/sma.ʃa/ or /smat.ʃa/		 smashassions
/sma.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 smashassiez
/sma.ʃa.sje/ or /smat.ʃa.sje/		 smashassent
/sma.ʃas/ or /smat.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — smashe
/smaʃ/ or /smatʃ/		 — smashons
/sma.ʃɔ̃/ or /smat.ʃɔ̃/		 smashez
/sma.ʃe/ or /smat.ʃe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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