dynamiter
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
Noun
dynamiter (plural dynamiters)
- A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully.
- (US, slang) A high-pressure salesman.
- 1954, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, FHA Investigation: Hearings, page 2397:
- Would you say it was fair to describe these salesmen that were in your crews as dynamiters, or suede shoe salesmen?
Translations
person who uses dynamite
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Further reading
- “dynamiter n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.
French
Pronunciation
Verb
dynamiter
- (transitive) to dynamite (blow up with dynamite)
Conjugation
Conjugation of dynamiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | dynamiter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | dynamitant /di.na.mi.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | dynamité /di.na.mi.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | dynamite /di.na.mit/ |
dynamites /di.na.mit/ |
dynamite /di.na.mit/ |
dynamitons /di.na.mi.tɔ̃/ |
dynamitez /di.na.mi.te/ |
dynamitent /di.na.mit/ |
| imperfect | dynamitais /di.na.mi.tɛ/ |
dynamitais /di.na.mi.tɛ/ |
dynamitait /di.na.mi.tɛ/ |
dynamitions /di.na.mi.tjɔ̃/ |
dynamitiez /di.na.mi.tje/ |
dynamitaient /di.na.mi.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | dynamitai /di.na.mi.te/ |
dynamitas /di.na.mi.ta/ |
dynamita /di.na.mi.ta/ |
dynamitâmes /di.na.mi.tam/ |
dynamitâtes /di.na.mi.tat/ |
dynamitèrent /di.na.mi.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | dynamiterai /di.na.mi.tʁe/ |
dynamiteras /di.na.mi.tʁa/ |
dynamitera /di.na.mi.tʁa/ |
dynamiterons /di.na.mi.tʁɔ̃/ |
dynamiterez /di.na.mi.tʁe/ |
dynamiteront /di.na.mi.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | dynamiterais /di.na.mi.tʁɛ/ |
dynamiterais /di.na.mi.tʁɛ/ |
dynamiterait /di.na.mi.tʁɛ/ |
dynamiterions /di.na.mi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dynamiteriez /di.na.mi.tə.ʁje/ |
dynamiteraient /di.na.mi.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 | dynamite /di.na.mit/ |
dynamites /di.na.mit/ |
dynamite /di.na.mit/ |
dynamitions /di.na.mi.tjɔ̃/ |
dynamitiez /di.na.mi.tje/ |
dynamitent /di.na.mit/ |
| imperfect2 | dynamitasse /di.na.mi.tas/ |
dynamitasses /di.na.mi.tas/ |
dynamitât /di.na.mi.ta/ |
dynamitassions /di.na.mi.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
dynamitassiez /di.na.mi.ta.sje/ |
dynamitassent /di.na.mi.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dynamite /di.na.mit/ |
— | dynamitons /di.na.mi.tɔ̃/ |
dynamitez /di.na.mi.te/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dynamiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012