percher
English
Etymology 1
From perch (“a kind of fish”).
Noun
percher (plural perchers)
- One who fishes for perch.
Etymology 2
From perch (verb).
Noun
percher (plural perchers)
- One that perches.
- A bird that is perching or that regularly perches.
- 1999, Milton W. Weller, Wetland Birds: Habitat Resources and Conservation Implications
- Ground roosters like Northern Harriers may be subject to predation by Great-horned Owls […] but still larger perchers like herons and Ospreys use snags or posts in conspicuous places but are large enough to escape aerial predators.
- 1999, Milton W. Weller, Wetland Birds: Habitat Resources and Conservation Implications
- Any of various tropical and temperate dragonflies of the genus Diplacodes.
Derived terms
- chalky percher
- pygmy percher
- red percher
- scarlet percher
- wandering percher
Etymology 3
From perch (“a device over which cloth is suspended for inspection”).
Noun
percher (plural perchers)
- (textiles) An inspector of cloth before finishing.
Etymology 4
From Middle English percher; equivalent to perch (“bar to support a candle”) + -er.
Noun
percher (plural perchers)
- A large candle, especially on an altar
Anagrams
- reperch
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ.ʃe/
Audio (file)
Verb
percher
- to perch
- (cinematography) to boom, operate a boom
Conjugation
Conjugation of percher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | percher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | perchant /pɛʁ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | perché /pɛʁ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | perche /pɛʁʃ/ | perches /pɛʁʃ/ | perche /pɛʁʃ/ | perchons /pɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/ | perchez /pɛʁ.ʃe/ | perchent /pɛʁʃ/ |
| imperfect | perchais /pɛʁ.ʃɛ/ | perchais /pɛʁ.ʃɛ/ | perchait /pɛʁ.ʃɛ/ | perchions /pɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ | perchiez /pɛʁ.ʃje/ | perchaient /pɛʁ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | perchai /pɛʁ.ʃe/ | perchas /pɛʁ.ʃa/ | percha /pɛʁ.ʃa/ | perchâmes /pɛʁ.ʃam/ | perchâtes /pɛʁ.ʃat/ | perchèrent /pɛʁ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | percherai /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ | percheras /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ | perchera /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ | percherons /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | percherez /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ | percheront /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | percherais /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | percherais /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | percherait /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | percherions /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | percheriez /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁje/ | percheraient /pɛʁ.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 | perche /pɛʁʃ/ | perches /pɛʁʃ/ | perche /pɛʁʃ/ | perchions /pɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ | perchiez /pɛʁ.ʃje/ | perchent /pɛʁʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | perchasse /pɛʁ.ʃas/ | perchasses /pɛʁ.ʃas/ | perchât /pɛʁ.ʃa/ | perchassions /pɛʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | perchassiez /pɛʁ.ʃa.sje/ | perchassent /pɛʁ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | perche /pɛʁʃ/ | — | perchons /pɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/ | perchez /pɛʁ.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
- chat perché
- perchage
Related terms
- perche
Further reading
- “percher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- prêcher
Middle English
Alternative forms
- perchere, perchor, perchour, pierchier
Etymology
From perche (“rod”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛrt͡ʃər(ə)/
Noun
percher (plural perchers)
- A percher (kind of candle).
Descendants
- English: percher
References
- “percher, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-09.