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Webster 1913 Edition
Kidnapper
{
, Kid′napˊer
(kĭd′năpˊẽr)
, or Kid′napˊper
}Noun.
One who steals or forcibly carries away a human being; a manstealer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Kidnapper
KID'NAPPER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Kidnapper
kidnapper
kidnapper
See also: Kidnapper
English
Alternative forms
Noun
kidnapper (plural kidnappers)
- A person who kidnaps someone.
Related terms
Derived terms
Translations
one who performs kidnap
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
kidnapper m (plural kidnappers, diminutive kidnappertje n)
- A person who kidnaps someone.
Synonyms
Related terms
French
Etymology
Borrowing from English kidnap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kid.na.pe/
Verb
kidnapper
- to kidnap
Conjugation
Conjugation of kidnapper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | kidnapper | avoir kidnappé | |||||
| gerund | en kidnappant | en ayant kidnappé | |||||
| present participle | kidnappant /kid.na.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | kidnappé /kid.na.pe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | kidnappe /kid.nap/ |
kidnappes /kid.nap/ |
kidnappe /kid.nap/ |
kidnappons /kid.na.pɔ̃/ |
kidnappez /kid.na.pe/ |
kidnappent /kid.nap/ |
| imperfect | kidnappais /kid.na.pɛ/ |
kidnappais /kid.na.pɛ/ |
kidnappait /kid.na.pɛ/ |
kidnappions /kid.na.pjɔ̃/ |
kidnappiez /kid.na.pje/ |
kidnappaient /kid.na.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | kidnappai /kid.na.pe/ |
kidnappas /kid.na.pa/ |
kidnappa /kid.na.pa/ |
kidnappâmes /kid.na.pam/ |
kidnappâtes /kid.na.pat/ |
kidnappèrent /kid.na.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | kidnapperai /kid.na.pʁe/ |
kidnapperas /kid.na.pʁa/ |
kidnappera /kid.na.pʁa/ |
kidnapperons /kid.na.pʁɔ̃/ |
kidnapperez /kid.na.pʁe/ |
kidnapperont /kid.na.pʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | kidnapperais /kid.na.pʁɛ/ |
kidnapperais /kid.na.pʁɛ/ |
kidnapperait /kid.na.pʁɛ/ |
kidnapperions /kid.na.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
kidnapperiez /kid.na.pə.ʁje/ |
kidnapperaient /kid.na.pʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | kidnappe /kid.nap/ |
kidnappes /kid.nap/ |
kidnappe /kid.nap/ |
kidnappions /kid.na.pjɔ̃/ |
kidnappiez /kid.na.pje/ |
kidnappent /kid.nap/ |
| imperfect1 |
kidnappasse /kid.na.pas/ |
kidnappasses /kid.na.pas/ |
kidnappât /kid.na.pa/ |
kidnappassions /kid.na.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
kidnappassiez /kid.na.pa.sje/ |
kidnappassent /kid.na.pas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | kidnappe /kid.nap/ |
— | kidnappons /kid.na.pɔ̃/ |
kidnappez /kid.na.pe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Borrowing from English kidnapper
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kidˈnapər/
- Rhymes: -apər
Noun
kidnapper m (definite singular kidnapperen, indefinite plural kidnappere, definite plural kidnapperne)
Related terms
See also
- kidnappar (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2
Verb
kidnapper
- present tense of kidnappe
References
- “kidnapper” in The Bokmål Dictionary.