clocher
French
Etymology
cloche + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klɔ.ʃe/
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Noun
clocher m (plural clochers)
- bell tower, steeple
- 1959, L. Chiosso & F. Buscaglione (lyrics), “Love in Portofino”, performed by Dalida:
- Il y avait à Portofino / un vieux clocher qui s'ennuyait / de ne sonner que les matines / quand Portofino se réveillait.
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Derived terms
- esprit de clocher
- querelle de clocher
Related terms
- cloche
Verb
clocher
- to ring a bell
- to wobble
- (informal) to be wrong
- Il y a quelque chose qui cloche. ― There's something wrong.
Conjugation
Conjugation of clocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | clocher | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | clochant /klɔ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | cloché /klɔ.ʃe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | cloche /klɔʃ/ | cloches /klɔʃ/ | cloche /klɔʃ/ | clochons /klɔ.ʃɔ̃/ | clochez /klɔ.ʃe/ | clochent /klɔʃ/ |
imperfect | clochais /klɔ.ʃɛ/ | clochais /klɔ.ʃɛ/ | clochait /klɔ.ʃɛ/ | clochions /klɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ | clochiez /klɔ.ʃje/ | clochaient /klɔ.ʃɛ/ | |
past historic2 | clochai /klɔ.ʃe/ | clochas /klɔ.ʃa/ | clocha /klɔ.ʃa/ | clochâmes /klɔ.ʃam/ | clochâtes /klɔ.ʃat/ | clochèrent /klɔ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
future | clocherai /klɔʃ.ʁe/ | clocheras /klɔʃ.ʁa/ | clochera /klɔʃ.ʁa/ | clocherons /klɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | clocherez /klɔʃ.ʁe/ | clocheront /klɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | clocherais /klɔʃ.ʁɛ/ | clocherais /klɔʃ.ʁɛ/ | clocherait /klɔʃ.ʁɛ/ | clocherions /klɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | clocheriez /klɔ.ʃə.ʁje/ | clocheraient /klɔʃ.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 | cloche /klɔʃ/ | cloches /klɔʃ/ | cloche /klɔʃ/ | clochions /klɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ | clochiez /klɔ.ʃje/ | clochent /klɔʃ/ |
imperfect2 | clochasse /klɔ.ʃas/ | clochasses /klɔ.ʃas/ | clochât /klɔ.ʃa/ | clochassions /klɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | clochassiez /klɔ.ʃa.sje/ | clochassent /klɔ.ʃas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cloche /klɔʃ/ | — | clochons /klɔ.ʃɔ̃/ | clochez /klɔ.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). |
Further reading
- “clocher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.