garrocher
French
Etymology
Western dialectal; from Old French garochier (“to fire a projectile, strike with a projectile”),[1] from garroc, guaroc (“crossbow bolt”), variant of garrot, garot (“large wooden projectile, stick for twisting rope”).[2] More at garrot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃe/
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Verb
garrocher
- (colloquial, Western France, Louisiana) to throw
- (Canada) to throw aimlessly or carelessly
Conjugation
Conjugation of garrocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | garrocher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | garrochant /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | garroché /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | garroche /ɡa.ʁɔʃ/ | garroches /ɡa.ʁɔʃ/ | garroche /ɡa.ʁɔʃ/ | garrochons /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/ | garrochez /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃe/ | garrochent /ɡa.ʁɔʃ/ |
| imperfect | garrochais /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃɛ/ | garrochais /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃɛ/ | garrochait /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃɛ/ | garrochions /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ | garrochiez /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃje/ | garrochaient /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | garrochai /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃe/ | garrochas /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃa/ | garrocha /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃa/ | garrochâmes /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃam/ | garrochâtes /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃat/ | garrochèrent /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | garrocherai /ɡa.ʁɔʃ.ʁe/ | garrocheras /ɡa.ʁɔʃ.ʁa/ | garrochera /ɡa.ʁɔʃ.ʁa/ | garrocherons /ɡa.ʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | garrocherez /ɡa.ʁɔʃ.ʁe/ | garrocheront /ɡa.ʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | garrocherais /ɡa.ʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ | garrocherais /ɡa.ʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ | garrocherait /ɡa.ʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ | garrocherions /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | garrocheriez /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃə.ʁje/ | garrocheraient /ɡa.ʁɔʃ.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 | garroche /ɡa.ʁɔʃ/ | garroches /ɡa.ʁɔʃ/ | garroche /ɡa.ʁɔʃ/ | garrochions /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ | garrochiez /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃje/ | garrochent /ɡa.ʁɔʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | garrochasse /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃas/ | garrochasses /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃas/ | garrochât /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃa/ | garrochassions /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | garrochassiez /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃa.sje/ | garrochassent /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | garroche /ɡa.ʁɔʃ/ | — | garrochons /ɡa.ʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/ | garrochez /ɡa.ʁɔ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- garrochage
- garroché
References
- Frédéric Godefroy, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXème au XVème siècle, vol. 1 (Paris: 1880), pp. 402c-403a.
- Trésor de la Langue française informatisé, s.vv. "garrocher; garrot": retrieved on 2 June 2013, .
Further reading
- “garrocher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.