piocher
French
Etymology
From pioche (“pickaxe”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
piocher
- to use a pickaxe
- to cram, to swot, to grind (e.g., for an exam)
- to slog away, drudge (to work very hard)
- to pick, choose, select from a set of options
- (card games) to draw from the deck
Conjugation
Conjugation of piocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | piocher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | piochant /pjɔ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pioché /pjɔ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | pioche /pjɔʃ/ | pioches /pjɔʃ/ | pioche /pjɔʃ/ | piochons /pjɔ.ʃɔ̃/ | piochez /pjɔ.ʃe/ | piochent /pjɔʃ/ |
| imperfect | piochais /pjɔ.ʃɛ/ | piochais /pjɔ.ʃɛ/ | piochait /pjɔ.ʃɛ/ | piochions /pjɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ | piochiez /pjɔ.ʃje/ | piochaient /pjɔ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | piochai /pjɔ.ʃe/ | piochas /pjɔ.ʃa/ | piocha /pjɔ.ʃa/ | piochâmes /pjɔ.ʃam/ | piochâtes /pjɔ.ʃat/ | piochèrent /pjɔ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | piocherai /pjɔʃ.ʁe/ | piocheras /pjɔʃ.ʁa/ | piochera /pjɔʃ.ʁa/ | piocherons /pjɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | piocherez /pjɔʃ.ʁe/ | piocheront /pjɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | piocherais /pjɔʃ.ʁɛ/ | piocherais /pjɔʃ.ʁɛ/ | piocherait /pjɔʃ.ʁɛ/ | piocherions /pjɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | piocheriez /pjɔ.ʃə.ʁje/ | piocheraient /pjɔʃ.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 | pioche /pjɔʃ/ | pioches /pjɔʃ/ | pioche /pjɔʃ/ | piochions /pjɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ | piochiez /pjɔ.ʃje/ | piochent /pjɔʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | piochasse /pjɔ.ʃas/ | piochasses /pjɔ.ʃas/ | piochât /pjɔ.ʃa/ | piochassions /pjɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | piochassiez /pjɔ.ʃa.sje/ | piochassent /pjɔ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pioche /pjɔʃ/ | — | piochons /pjɔ.ʃɔ̃/ | piochez /pjɔ.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
- “piocher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.