doucher
English
Etymology
douche + -er
Noun
doucher (plural douchers)
- (slang, derogatory) A douchebag; a contemptible person.
French
Etymology
douche + -er.
Pronunciation
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Verb
doucher
- (transitive) to shower
se doucher
- (reflexive) to take a shower
Conjugation
Conjugation of doucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | doucher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | douchant /du.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | douché /du.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | douche /duʃ/ | douches /duʃ/ | douche /duʃ/ | douchons /du.ʃɔ̃/ | douchez /du.ʃe/ | douchent /duʃ/ |
| imperfect | douchais /du.ʃɛ/ | douchais /du.ʃɛ/ | douchait /du.ʃɛ/ | douchions /du.ʃjɔ̃/ | douchiez /du.ʃje/ | douchaient /du.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | douchai /du.ʃe/ | douchas /du.ʃa/ | doucha /du.ʃa/ | douchâmes /du.ʃam/ | douchâtes /du.ʃat/ | douchèrent /du.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | doucherai /duʃ.ʁe/ | doucheras /duʃ.ʁa/ | douchera /duʃ.ʁa/ | doucherons /duʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | doucherez /duʃ.ʁe/ | doucheront /duʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | doucherais /duʃ.ʁɛ/ | doucherais /duʃ.ʁɛ/ | doucherait /duʃ.ʁɛ/ | doucherions /du.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | doucheriez /du.ʃə.ʁje/ | doucheraient /duʃ.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 | douche /duʃ/ | douches /duʃ/ | douche /duʃ/ | douchions /du.ʃjɔ̃/ | douchiez /du.ʃje/ | douchent /duʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | douchasse /du.ʃas/ | douchasses /du.ʃas/ | douchât /du.ʃa/ | douchassions /du.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | douchassiez /du.ʃa.sje/ | douchassent /du.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | douche /duʃ/ | — | douchons /du.ʃɔ̃/ | douchez /du.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). | |||||||
Related terms
- douche
Further reading
- “doucher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.