gâcher
See also: gacher
French
Etymology
From Middle French gascher (“to waste, row”), from Old French gaschier, gacher, gasser (“to soil, spoil, waste”) and gaschier, guaschier, waschier (“to wash, soak”), both from Frankish *waskan, *wascōn (“to wash, bathe”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“wet”). Compare related Italian guazzare (“to splash, wallow”), from the same Germanic root. Cognate with Old English wasċan (“to wash”). More at wash.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.ʃe/, /ɡɑ.ʃe/
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Verb
gâcher
- to ruin, spoil, mar, wreck, waste
- to mess up, botch, bungle
Conjugation
Conjugation of gâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gâcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gâchant /ɡa.ʃɑ̃/ or /ɡɑ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gâché /ɡa.ʃe/ or /ɡɑ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | gâche /ɡaʃ/ or /ɡɑʃ/ | gâches /ɡaʃ/ or /ɡɑʃ/ | gâche /ɡaʃ/ or /ɡɑʃ/ | gâchons /ɡa.ʃɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.ʃɔ̃/ | gâchez /ɡa.ʃe/ or /ɡɑ.ʃe/ | gâchent /ɡaʃ/ or /ɡɑʃ/ |
| imperfect | gâchais /ɡa.ʃɛ/ or /ɡɑ.ʃɛ/ | gâchais /ɡa.ʃɛ/ or /ɡɑ.ʃɛ/ | gâchait /ɡa.ʃɛ/ or /ɡɑ.ʃɛ/ | gâchions /ɡa.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ | gâchiez /ɡa.ʃje/ or /ɡɑ.ʃje/ | gâchaient /ɡa.ʃɛ/ or /ɡɑ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gâchai /ɡa.ʃe/ or /ɡɑ.ʃe/ | gâchas /ɡa.ʃa/ or /ɡɑ.ʃa/ | gâcha /ɡa.ʃa/ or /ɡɑ.ʃa/ | gâchâmes /ɡa.ʃam/ or /ɡɑ.ʃam/ | gâchâtes /ɡa.ʃat/ or /ɡɑ.ʃat/ | gâchèrent /ɡa.ʃɛʁ/ or /ɡɑ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | gâcherai /ɡaʃ.ʁe/ or /ɡɑʃ.ʁe/ | gâcheras /ɡaʃ.ʁa/ or /ɡɑʃ.ʁa/ | gâchera /ɡaʃ.ʁa/ or /ɡɑʃ.ʁa/ | gâcherons /ɡaʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | gâcherez /ɡaʃ.ʁe/ or /ɡɑʃ.ʁe/ | gâcheront /ɡaʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gâcherais /ɡaʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ɡɑʃ.ʁɛ/ | gâcherais /ɡaʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ɡɑʃ.ʁɛ/ | gâcherait /ɡaʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ɡɑʃ.ʁɛ/ | gâcherions /ɡa.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | gâcheriez /ɡa.ʃə.ʁje/ or /ɡɑ.ʃə.ʁje/ | gâcheraient /ɡaʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ɡɑʃ.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 | gâche /ɡaʃ/ or /ɡɑʃ/ | gâches /ɡaʃ/ or /ɡɑʃ/ | gâche /ɡaʃ/ or /ɡɑʃ/ | gâchions /ɡa.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ | gâchiez /ɡa.ʃje/ or /ɡɑ.ʃje/ | gâchent /ɡaʃ/ or /ɡɑʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | gâchasse /ɡa.ʃas/ or /ɡɑ.ʃas/ | gâchasses /ɡa.ʃas/ or /ɡɑ.ʃas/ | gâchât /ɡa.ʃa/ or /ɡɑ.ʃa/ | gâchassions /ɡa.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | gâchassiez /ɡa.ʃa.sje/ or /ɡɑ.ʃa.sje/ | gâchassent /ɡa.ʃas/ or /ɡɑ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gâche /ɡaʃ/ or /ɡɑʃ/ | — | gâchons /ɡa.ʃɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ.ʃɔ̃/ | gâchez /ɡa.ʃe/ or /ɡɑ.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
- “gâcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- charge, chargé