déchoir
See also: de chóir
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin or Late Latin dēcadēre, from Latin de- and cadere (“to fall”) (whence also choir). See also the Classical Latin form decidō, decidere.
Compare Catalan decaure, Italian decadere, Portuguese decair, Spanish decaer and English decay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.ʃwaʁ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -waʁ
Verb
déchoir
- (literary) to wane (diminish)
- (literary) to strip
- déchoir un homme de son titre ― to strip a man of his title
Conjugation
This verb is defective in that it is not conjugated in certain tenses. It has no indicative imperfect form, no imperative form and no present participle.This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
Conjugation of déchoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | déchoir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | — | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | déchu /de.ʃy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | — | — | déchoit or déchet /de.ʃwa/ or /de.ʃɛ/ | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| past historic2 | — | — | déchut /de.ʃy/ | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | déchoira or décherra /de.ʃwa.ʁa/ or /de.ʃɛ.ʁa/ or /de.ʃe.ʁa/ | — | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | déchoirait or décherrait /de.ʃwa.ʁɛ/ or /de.ʃɛ.ʁɛ/ or /de.ʃe.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 | — | — | déchoie /de.ʃwa/ | — | — | — |
| imperfect2 | — | — | déchût /de.ʃy/ | — | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- déchéance
- déchet
- déchu
Related terms
- choir
Further reading
- “déchoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.