pêcher
See also: pecher and pécher
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ.ʃe/, /pe.ʃe/
Audio (France) (file) - Homophone: pécher
Etymology 1
From Old French peschier, from Vulgar Latin *piscāre, from Latin piscārī, present active infinitive of piscor, from piscis (“a fish”).
Verb
pêcher
- to fish
Conjugation
Conjugation of pêcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pêcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pêchant /pɛ.ʃɑ̃/ or /pe.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pêché /pɛ.ʃe/ or /pe.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | pêche /pɛʃ/ | pêches /pɛʃ/ | pêche /pɛʃ/ | pêchons /pɛ.ʃɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃɔ̃/ | pêchez /pɛ.ʃe/ or /pe.ʃe/ | pêchent /pɛʃ/ |
| imperfect | pêchais /pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /pe.ʃɛ/ | pêchais /pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /pe.ʃɛ/ | pêchait /pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /pe.ʃɛ/ | pêchions /pɛ.ʃjɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃjɔ̃/ | pêchiez /pɛ.ʃje/ or /pe.ʃje/ | pêchaient /pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /pe.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pêchai /pɛ.ʃe/ or /pe.ʃe/ | pêchas /pɛ.ʃa/ or /pe.ʃa/ | pêcha /pɛ.ʃa/ or /pe.ʃa/ | pêchâmes /pɛ.ʃam/ or /pe.ʃam/ | pêchâtes /pɛ.ʃat/ or /pe.ʃat/ | pêchèrent /pɛ.ʃɛʁ/ or /pe.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | pêcherai /pɛʃ.ʁe/ | pêcheras /pɛʃ.ʁa/ | pêchera /pɛʃ.ʁa/ | pêcherons /pɛʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | pêcherez /pɛʃ.ʁe/ | pêcheront /pɛʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pêcherais /pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ | pêcherais /pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ | pêcherait /pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ | pêcherions /pɛ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | pêcheriez /pɛ.ʃə.ʁje/ or /pe.ʃə.ʁje/ | pêcheraient /pɛʃ.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 | pêche /pɛʃ/ | pêches /pɛʃ/ | pêche /pɛʃ/ | pêchions /pɛ.ʃjɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃjɔ̃/ | pêchiez /pɛ.ʃje/ or /pe.ʃje/ | pêchent /pɛʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | pêchasse /pɛ.ʃas/ or /pe.ʃas/ | pêchasses /pɛ.ʃas/ or /pe.ʃas/ | pêchât /pɛ.ʃa/ or /pe.ʃa/ | pêchassions /pɛ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | pêchassiez /pɛ.ʃa.sje/ or /pe.ʃa.sje/ | pêchassent /pɛ.ʃas/ or /pe.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pêche /pɛʃ/ | — | pêchons /pɛ.ʃɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃɔ̃/ | pêchez /pɛ.ʃe/ or /pe.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
- pêcher en eau trouble
Related terms
- pêcheur, pêcheuse, pêcherie, pêche, repêcher, surpêche
- poisson
Etymology 2
pêche (“peach”) + -ier
Noun
pêcher m (plural pêchers)
- peach tree
Further reading
- “pêcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- perche, perché
- prêche, prêché