booker

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English bokere, from Old English bōcere (“scribe”), equivalent to book +‎ -er. Modern sense influenced by the verb to book.

Noun[edit]

booker (plural bookers)

  1. One who makes a reservation.
    • 1988 May 7, Michael Bronski, “Out Of The Celluloid Closet”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
      With independent movie theaters closing and larger conglomerates taking over smaller conglomerates, many people were worried that Boston may have seen the end of the small, alternative film festival. But this year USA Cinemas, and the premiere booker George Mansour, have done it again with the fourth annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
  2. One who records transactions, such as reservations. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. (obsolete) A scholar; a scribe.
    • 1711, Martin Parker, William Wagstaffe (M.D.), The king enjoyes his own again:
      What Booker doth prognosticate Concerning Kings or Kingdoms State […]

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English book +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bu.ke/
  • Audio(file)

Verb[edit]

booker

  1. to book, reserve

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of booker (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple booker
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bookant
/bu.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle booké
/bu.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present booke
/buk/ 		bookes
/buk/ 		booke
/buk/ 		bookons
/bu.kɔ̃/ 		bookez
/bu.ke/ 		bookent
/buk/
imperfect bookais
/bu.kɛ/ 		bookais
/bu.kɛ/ 		bookait
/bu.kɛ/ 		bookions
/bu.kjɔ̃/ 		bookiez
/bu.kje/ 		bookaient
/bu.kɛ/
past historic2 bookai
/bu.ke/ 		bookas
/bu.ka/ 		booka
/bu.ka/ 		bookâmes
/bu.kam/ 		bookâtes
/bu.kat/ 		bookèrent
/bu.kɛʁ/
future bookerai
/bu.kʁe/ 		bookeras
/bu.kʁa/ 		bookera
/bu.kʁa/ 		bookerons
/bu.kʁɔ̃/ 		bookerez
/bu.kʁe/ 		bookeront
/bu.kʁɔ̃/
conditional bookerais
/bu.kʁɛ/ 		bookerais
/bu.kʁɛ/ 		bookerait
/bu.kʁɛ/ 		bookerions
/bu.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bookeriez
/bu.kə.ʁje/ 		bookeraient
/bu.kʁɛ/
(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 booke
/buk/ 		bookes
/buk/ 		booke
/buk/ 		bookions
/bu.kjɔ̃/ 		bookiez
/bu.kje/ 		bookent
/buk/
imperfect2 bookasse
/bu.kas/ 		bookasses
/bu.kas/ 		bookât
/bu.ka/ 		bookassions
/bu.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		bookassiez
/bu.ka.sje/ 		bookassent
/bu.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — booke
/buk/ 		— bookons
/bu.kɔ̃/ 		bookez
/bu.ke/ 		—
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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Verb[edit]

booker

  1. present tense of booke
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