retoucher
English
Etymology
retouch + -er
Noun
retoucher (plural retouchers)
- One who retouches
- I used to work as a photo retoucher.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.tu.ʃe/
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Verb
retoucher
- (photography) to retouch
- to touch up, to put the finishing touches on
Conjugation
Conjugation of retoucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | retoucher | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | retouchant /ʁə.tu.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | retouché /ʁə.tu.ʃe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/ | retouches /ʁə.tuʃ/ | retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/ | retouchons /ʁə.tu.ʃɔ̃/ | retouchez /ʁə.tu.ʃe/ | retouchent /ʁə.tuʃ/ |
imperfect | retouchais /ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/ | retouchais /ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/ | retouchait /ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/ | retouchions /ʁə.tu.ʃjɔ̃/ | retouchiez /ʁə.tu.ʃje/ | retouchaient /ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/ | |
past historic2 | retouchai /ʁə.tu.ʃe/ | retouchas /ʁə.tu.ʃa/ | retoucha /ʁə.tu.ʃa/ | retouchâmes /ʁə.tu.ʃam/ | retouchâtes /ʁə.tu.ʃat/ | retouchèrent /ʁə.tu.ʃɛʁ/ | |
future | retoucherai /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁe/ | retoucheras /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁa/ | retouchera /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁa/ | retoucherons /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | retoucherez /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁe/ | retoucheront /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | retoucherais /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/ | retoucherais /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/ | retoucherait /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/ | retoucherions /ʁə.tu.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | retoucheriez /ʁə.tu.ʃə.ʁje/ | retoucheraient /ʁə.tuʃ.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 | retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/ | retouches /ʁə.tuʃ/ | retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/ | retouchions /ʁə.tu.ʃjɔ̃/ | retouchiez /ʁə.tu.ʃje/ | retouchent /ʁə.tuʃ/ |
imperfect2 | retouchasse /ʁə.tu.ʃas/ | retouchasses /ʁə.tu.ʃas/ | retouchât /ʁə.tu.ʃa/ | retouchassions /ʁə.tu.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | retouchassiez /ʁə.tu.ʃa.sje/ | retouchassent /ʁə.tu.ʃas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/ | — | retouchons /ʁə.tu.ʃɔ̃/ | retouchez /ʁə.tu.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
- retouchage
- retoucheur
Further reading
- “retoucher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.