ghoster

English

Etymology

ghost +‎ -er

Noun

ghoster (plural ghosters)

1. (slang) A ghosthunter; a paranormal investigator.
   • 2015, Maria Mayer, Crone:

     Ghosters in hopes of catching proof of the paranormal came out of hiding. They emerged from behind headstones, crawled out of bushes, and peered around large trees.

2. (nautical) A very lightweight headsail.
3. (nautical) A vessel that sails seemingly without wind.
4. (slang) One who ghosts or ignores another person.

   Coordinate term: ghostee

   • 2023 March 1, Rachel Ellison, “Bad Dates Turn Out to Be Excellent on TikTok”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     These TikTok users are aware that one viral video is not going to fix the discontents of online dating; nor will it necessarily catapult a TikTok career (and not everyone has aspirations to pursue the life of an influencer, either). But there may be value in videos going viral, outside of making money and an opportunity to scold ghosters.

Anagrams

• Grothes, ethrogs

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English ghost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔs.te/

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Verb

ghoster

1. to ghost; to perform an act of ghosting

Conjugation

Conjugation of ghoster (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ghoster
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ghostant /ɡɔs.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ghosté /ɡɔs.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ghoste /ɡɔst/	ghostes /ɡɔst/	ghoste /ɡɔst/	ghostons /ɡɔs.tɔ̃/	ghostez /ɡɔs.te/	ghostent /ɡɔst/
	imperfect	ghostais /ɡɔs.tɛ/	ghostais /ɡɔs.tɛ/	ghostait /ɡɔs.tɛ/	ghostions /ɡɔs.tjɔ̃/	ghostiez /ɡɔs.tje/	ghostaient /ɡɔs.tɛ/
	past historic2	ghostai /ɡɔs.te/	ghostas /ɡɔs.ta/	ghosta /ɡɔs.ta/	ghostâmes /ɡɔs.tam/	ghostâtes /ɡɔs.tat/	ghostèrent /ɡɔs.tɛʁ/
	future	ghosterai /ɡɔs.tə.ʁe/	ghosteras /ɡɔs.tə.ʁa/	ghostera /ɡɔs.tə.ʁa/	ghosterons /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/	ghosterez /ɡɔs.tə.ʁe/	ghosteront /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ghosterais /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɛ/	ghosterais /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɛ/	ghosterait /ɡɔs.tə.ʁɛ/	ghosterions /ɡɔs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	ghosteriez /ɡɔs.tə.ʁje/	ghosteraient /ɡɔs.tə.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	ghoste /ɡɔst/	ghostes /ɡɔst/	ghoste /ɡɔst/	ghostions /ɡɔs.tjɔ̃/	ghostiez /ɡɔs.tje/	ghostent /ɡɔst/
	imperfect2	ghostasse /ɡɔs.tas/	ghostasses /ɡɔs.tas/	ghostât /ɡɔs.ta/	ghostassions /ɡɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/	ghostassiez /ɡɔs.ta.sje/	ghostassent /ɡɔs.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ghoste /ɡɔst/	—	ghostons /ɡɔs.tɔ̃/	ghostez /ɡɔs.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).

Further reading

• “ghoster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.