troller

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English

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Etymology

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From troll +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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troller (plural trollers)

  1. One who fishes by trolling.
  2. An engine-powered fishing boat, used for moving slowly while fishing lines drag behind, sometimes able to sail in shallow water.
  3. (Internet slang, nonstandard) A troll; a user who maliciously provokes others.

See also

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French troller, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *truzlōną (“to lumber”), which is probably related to *trudaną (“to tread, step on”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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troller

  1. (hunting) to wander unsystematically about, looking for game
  2. (Internet) to troll

Conjugation

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Conjugation of troller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple troller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple trollant
/tʁɔ.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle trollé
/tʁɔ.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present trolle
/tʁɔl/ 		trolles
/tʁɔl/ 		trolle
/tʁɔl/ 		trollons
/tʁɔ.lɔ̃/ 		trollez
/tʁɔ.le/ 		trollent
/tʁɔl/
imperfect trollais
/tʁɔ.lɛ/ 		trollais
/tʁɔ.lɛ/ 		trollait
/tʁɔ.lɛ/ 		trollions
/tʁɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		trolliez
/tʁɔ.lje/ 		trollaient
/tʁɔ.lɛ/
past historic2 trollai
/tʁɔ.le/ 		trollas
/tʁɔ.la/ 		trolla
/tʁɔ.la/ 		trollâmes
/tʁɔ.lam/ 		trollâtes
/tʁɔ.lat/ 		trollèrent
/tʁɔ.lɛʁ/
future trollerai
/tʁɔl.ʁe/ 		trolleras
/tʁɔl.ʁa/ 		trollera
/tʁɔl.ʁa/ 		trollerons
/tʁɔl.ʁɔ̃/ 		trollerez
/tʁɔl.ʁe/ 		trolleront
/tʁɔl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional trollerais
/tʁɔl.ʁɛ/ 		trollerais
/tʁɔl.ʁɛ/ 		trollerait
/tʁɔl.ʁɛ/ 		trollerions
/tʁɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		trolleriez
/tʁɔ.lə.ʁje/ 		trolleraient
/tʁɔl.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 trolle
/tʁɔl/ 		trolles
/tʁɔl/ 		trolle
/tʁɔl/ 		trollions
/tʁɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		trolliez
/tʁɔ.lje/ 		trollent
/tʁɔl/
imperfect2 trollasse
/tʁɔ.las/ 		trollasses
/tʁɔ.las/ 		trollât
/tʁɔ.la/ 		trollassions
/tʁɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ 		trollassiez
/tʁɔ.la.sje/ 		trollassent
/tʁɔ.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — trolle
/tʁɔl/ 		— trollons
/tʁɔ.lɔ̃/ 		trollez
/tʁɔ.le/ 		—
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).

References

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  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “tredan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 521

Further reading

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