switcher

English

Etymology

From switch ‎ -er.

Noun

switcher (plural switchers)

1. One who or that which operates a switch.
   • 1984, John Martin Robinson, The latest country houses, page 32:

     They all love frugality and conservation; they are manic savers of bits of string and switchers-off of lights.

2. One who or that which switches, or changes to something else.
   • 2004, Gabriel Kim, Vault Career Guide to Sales & Trading, page 109:

     As a career switcher, I diligently attended all the company presentations on campus, and quickly settled on sales and trading. My prior position was in hospital sales.

   • 2011, David Pogue, iPhone: The Missing Manual, page 14:

     In short, the task switcher gives you a way to jump directly to another app, without a layover at the Home screen first.

3. (electronics) A switchmode power supply.
4. (rail transport, US) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a shunter.

   Synonyms: shunter, shunting engine — UK

5. (rail transport, trucking, US) The yardman who operates such an engine, or performs a similar role in a trucking depot.

   Synonyms: hostler, yard jockey — US; Synonym: shunter — UK rail transport

6. (television) Synonym of vision mixer (“device for selecting between video sources”)

Derived terms

• code-switcher
• road switcher

Translations

A railway locomotive used for shunting; a shunter

• Finnish: järjestelyveturi
• French: locotracteur (fr) m
• Portuguese: locotrator m (Portugal), locomotiva manobreira f (Brazil)
• Russian: маневровый (ru) (manevrovyj), локомоти́в (ru) m (lokomotív)
• Ukrainian: маневровий локомотив m (manevrovyj lokomotyv)

Anagrams

• Wicherts, Witchers, witchers

French

Etymology

English switch ‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swit.ʃe/

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Verb

switcher

1. to switch (clarification of this definition is needed)

Conjugation

Conjugation of switcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	switcher
	compound	avoir past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	switchant /swit.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		switché /swit.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	switche /switʃ/	switches /switʃ/	switche /switʃ/	switchons /swit.ʃɔ̃/	switchez /swit.ʃe/	switchent /switʃ/
	imperfect	switchais /swit.ʃɛ/	switchais /swit.ʃɛ/	switchait /swit.ʃɛ/	switchions /swit.ʃjɔ̃/	switchiez /swit.ʃje/	switchaient /swit.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	switchai /swit.ʃe/	switchas /swit.ʃa/	switcha /swit.ʃa/	switchâmes /swit.ʃam/	switchâtes /swit.ʃat/	switchèrent /swit.ʃɛʁ/
	future	switcherai /swit.ʃə.ʁe/	switcheras /swit.ʃə.ʁa/	switchera /swit.ʃə.ʁa/	switcherons /swit.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/	switcherez /swit.ʃə.ʁe/	switcheront /swit.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	switcherais /swit.ʃə.ʁɛ/	switcherais /swit.ʃə.ʁɛ/	switcherait /swit.ʃə.ʁɛ/	switcherions /swit.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	switcheriez /swit.ʃə.ʁje/	switcheraient /swit.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	switche /switʃ/	switches /switʃ/	switche /switʃ/	switchions /swit.ʃjɔ̃/	switchiez /swit.ʃje/	switchent /switʃ/
	imperfect2	switchasse /swit.ʃas/	switchasses /swit.ʃas/	switchât /swit.ʃa/	switchassions /swit.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	switchassiez /swit.ʃa.sje/	switchassent /swit.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	switche /switʃ/	—	switchons /swit.ʃɔ̃/	switchez /swit.ʃe/	—
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).