marcher
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːtʃə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɚ/
- Hyphenation: march‧er
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
Middle English marche; from Anglo-Norman and Old French. Akin to Old English germearc, Gothic marka (“boundary”).[1][2]
Noun
marcher (plural marchers)
- (historical) An inhabitant of a march (border country); specifically, a marcher lord. [from 14th c.]
- (historical) A border territory, a march (now only in (attributive) use). [from 15th c.]
- 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador 2014, p. 42:
- Here is a scene of the marcher state of which they were margraves being turned into a duchy under Henry II Jasomirgott, who has made his capital at Vienna.
- 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador 2014, p. 42:
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Earl Marcher
- Lord Marcher
- Lordship Marcher
- marchership
Etymology 2
march + -er.
Noun
marcher (plural marchers)
- One who marches; one who participates in a march.
Derived terms
- hunger marcher
- peace marcher
References
- marcher in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- march in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- charmer
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *merg-, *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”). Cf. also marquer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maʁ.ʃe/
audio (file) - Homophones: marché, marchés
Verb
marcher
- to walk
- Synonym: aller
- Il marche au milieu de la rue.
- He is walking in the middle of the street
- to travel; to move; to march
- Synonyms: avancer, déplacer, mouvoir
- (figuratively) to work, to function
- Synonym: fonctionner
- Comment ça marche ? ― How does it work?
- Cet appareil ne marche plus. ― This device isn't working anymore.
- to step
- Marcher sur le pied de quelqu’un. ― To step on the foot of someone
- to cooperate
- Je ne marche plus. ― I am no longer in.
- (intransitive) to believe
- Il marche. ― He believes my joke.
- Il m'a fait marcher. ― He took me for a ride.
Conjugation
Conjugation of marcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | marcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | marchant /maʁ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | marché /maʁ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | marche /maʁʃ/ | marches /maʁʃ/ | marche /maʁʃ/ | marchons /maʁ.ʃɔ̃/ | marchez /maʁ.ʃe/ | marchent /maʁʃ/ |
| imperfect | marchais /maʁ.ʃɛ/ | marchais /maʁ.ʃɛ/ | marchait /maʁ.ʃɛ/ | marchions /maʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ | marchiez /maʁ.ʃje/ | marchaient /maʁ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | marchai /maʁ.ʃe/ | marchas /maʁ.ʃa/ | marcha /maʁ.ʃa/ | marchâmes /maʁ.ʃam/ | marchâtes /maʁ.ʃat/ | marchèrent /maʁ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | marcherai /maʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ | marcheras /maʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ | marchera /maʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ | marcherons /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | marcherez /maʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ | marcheront /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | marcherais /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | marcherais /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | marcherait /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | marcherions /maʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | marcheriez /maʁ.ʃə.ʁje/ | marcheraient /maʁ.ʃə.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 | marche /maʁʃ/ | marches /maʁʃ/ | marche /maʁʃ/ | marchions /maʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ | marchiez /maʁ.ʃje/ | marchent /maʁʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | marchasse /maʁ.ʃas/ | marchasses /maʁ.ʃas/ | marchât /maʁ.ʃa/ | marchassions /maʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | marchassiez /maʁ.ʃa.sje/ | marchassent /maʁ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | marche /maʁʃ/ | — | marchons /maʁ.ʃɔ̃/ | marchez /maʁ.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
- ça marche
- en avant, marche
- faire marcher
- marche ou crève
- marcher à quatre pattes
- marcher sur des œufs
- marcher sur les plates-bandes
Related terms
- marche
- marchepied
- marcheur
Descendants
- → Catalan: marxar
- → German: marschieren
- → Spanish: marchar
See also
- border
- côtoyer
- courir
- longer
- promener
Further reading
- “marcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- charmer
Middle French
Etymology
Old French marchier.
Verb
marcher
- to walk (travel on foot)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of marcher
| infinitive | simple | marcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | marchant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | marché | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | marche | marches | marche | marchons | marchez | marchent |
| imperfect | marchois, marchoys | marchois, marchoys | marchoit, marchoyt | marchions, marchyons | marchiez, marchyez | marchoient, marchoyent | |
| past historic | marcha | marchas | marcha | marchasmes | marchastes | marcherent | |
| future | marcherai, marcheray | marcheras | marchera | marcherons | marcherez | marcheront | |
| conditional | marcherois, marcheroys | marcherois, marcheroys | marcheroit, marcheroyt | marcherions, marcheryons | marcheriez, marcheryez | marcheroient, marcheroyent | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | marche | marches | marche | marchons | marchez | marchent |
| imperfect | marchasse | marchasses | marchast | marchassions | marchassiez | marchassent | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | marche | — | marchons | marchez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
Romanian
Etymology
From French marqueur.
Noun
marcher m (plural marcheri)
- marker, scorer
Declension
Declension of marcher
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) marcher | marcherul | (niște) marcheri | marcherii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) marcher | marcherului | (unor) marcheri | marcherilor |
| vocative | marcherule | marcherilor | ||