accoster

English

Etymology

accost +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɒstə(ɹ)

Noun

accoster (plural accosters)

  1. One who accosts somebody.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ Old French coste +‎ -er. Old French coste has become côte in modern French.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.kɔs.te/
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Verb

accoster

  1. (intransitive, nautical) to come ashore
    Synonym: arriver
  2. (transitive) to lay something next to another object
    Synonym: juxtaposer
  3. (transitive, by extension, slightly derogatory) to approach someone; to interrupt someone (especially a stranger, in the street)
    Synonym: aborder
    • 2016, Mathilde Ramadier, Alberto Madrigal, Berlin 2.0, Futuropolis, →ISBN, page 51:
      A Berlin on peut s’habiller comme on veut. Vraiment comme on veut. Les mecs ne sont pas macho. Quand on se prend une remarque au vol ou qu’on se fait accoster par un type lourd, c’est qu’il est italien, espagnol ou français…
      In Berlin you can dress as you like. Really however you like. The dudes aren't macho. When you get a passing remark or you're accosted by a heavy guy, it's because he's Italian, Spanish, or French…

Conjugation
Conjugation of accoster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple accoster
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple accostant
/a.kɔs.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle accosté
/a.kɔs.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present accoste
/a.kɔst/		 accostes
/a.kɔst/		 accoste
/a.kɔst/		 accostons
/a.kɔs.tɔ̃/		 accostez
/a.kɔs.te/		 accostent
/a.kɔst/
imperfect accostais
/a.kɔs.tɛ/		 accostais
/a.kɔs.tɛ/		 accostait
/a.kɔs.tɛ/		 accostions
/a.kɔs.tjɔ̃/		 accostiez
/a.kɔs.tje/		 accostaient
/a.kɔs.tɛ/
past historic2 accostai
/a.kɔs.te/		 accostas
/a.kɔs.ta/		 accosta
/a.kɔs.ta/		 accostâmes
/a.kɔs.tam/		 accostâtes
/a.kɔs.tat/		 accostèrent
/a.kɔs.tɛʁ/
future accosterai
/a.kɔs.tə.ʁe/		 accosteras
/a.kɔs.tə.ʁa/		 accostera
/a.kɔs.tə.ʁa/		 accosterons
/a.kɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 accosterez
/a.kɔs.tə.ʁe/		 accosteront
/a.kɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional accosterais
/a.kɔs.tə.ʁɛ/		 accosterais
/a.kɔs.tə.ʁɛ/		 accosterait
/a.kɔs.tə.ʁɛ/		 accosterions
/a.kɔs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 accosteriez
/a.kɔs.tə.ʁje/		 accosteraient
/a.kɔs.tə.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 accoste
/a.kɔst/		 accostes
/a.kɔst/		 accoste
/a.kɔst/		 accostions
/a.kɔs.tjɔ̃/		 accostiez
/a.kɔs.tje/		 accostent
/a.kɔst/
imperfect2 accostasse
/a.kɔs.tas/		 accostasses
/a.kɔs.tas/		 accostât
/a.kɔs.ta/		 accostassions
/a.kɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/		 accostassiez
/a.kɔs.ta.sje/		 accostassent
/a.kɔs.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — accoste
/a.kɔst/		 — accostons
/a.kɔs.tɔ̃/		 accostez
/a.kɔs.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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