plotter

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

plot +‎ -er

Noun

plotter (plural plotters)

  1. A person who plots.
  2. (computing) An output device that draws graphs and other pictorial images on paper, sometimes using attached pens.
  3. (navigation) An instrument used to mark or find the position of a vessel on a chart.
  4. (slang) An author who usually relies on a plan or outline to organize their story.
    Antonyms: pantser (writing)
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

plotter (third-person singular simple present plotters, present participle plottering, simple past and past participle plottered)

  1. Alternative form of plouter

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /plɔ.te/
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Verb

plotter

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of peloter

Conjugation
Conjugation of plotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple plotter
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 – tu – nous vous –
simple — plotte
/plɔt/		 — plottons
/plɔ.tɔ̃/		 plottez
/plɔ.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).

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

plotter

  1. present of plotte

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English plotter.

Noun

plotter n (plural plottere)

  1. (computing) plotter

Declension
Declension of plotter
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) plotter plotterul (niște) plottere plotterele
genitive/dative (unui) plotter plotterului (unor) plottere plotterelor
vocative plotterule plotterelor
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