clicher
French
Etymology
Imitative of the sound of a mold striking molten metal, similar to click.
Pronunciation
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Verb
clicher
- to stereotype (in either sense of the word)
Conjugation
Conjugation of clicher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | clicher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | clichant /kli.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cliché /kli.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | cliche /kliʃ/ | cliches /kliʃ/ | cliche /kliʃ/ | clichons /kli.ʃɔ̃/ | clichez /kli.ʃe/ | clichent /kliʃ/ |
| imperfect | clichais /kli.ʃɛ/ | clichais /kli.ʃɛ/ | clichait /kli.ʃɛ/ | clichions /kli.ʃjɔ̃/ | clichiez /kli.ʃje/ | clichaient /kli.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | clichai /kli.ʃe/ | clichas /kli.ʃa/ | clicha /kli.ʃa/ | clichâmes /kli.ʃam/ | clichâtes /kli.ʃat/ | clichèrent /kli.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | clicherai /kliʃ.ʁe/ | clicheras /kliʃ.ʁa/ | clichera /kliʃ.ʁa/ | clicherons /kliʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | clicherez /kliʃ.ʁe/ | clicheront /kliʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | clicherais /kliʃ.ʁɛ/ | clicherais /kliʃ.ʁɛ/ | clicherait /kliʃ.ʁɛ/ | clicherions /kli.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | clicheriez /kli.ʃə.ʁje/ | clicheraient /kliʃ.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 | cliche /kliʃ/ | cliches /kliʃ/ | cliche /kliʃ/ | clichions /kli.ʃjɔ̃/ | clichiez /kli.ʃje/ | clichent /kliʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | clichasse /kli.ʃas/ | clichasses /kli.ʃas/ | clichât /kli.ʃa/ | clichassions /kli.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | clichassiez /kli.ʃa.sje/ | clichassent /kli.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cliche /kliʃ/ | — | clichons /kli.ʃɔ̃/ | clichez /kli.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Descendants
- English: cliché (from past participle)
Further reading
- “clicher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.