tacher
See also: tâcher
French
Etymology
From Old French tachier, techier, from Vulgar Latin *tagicare, from Latin taxāre (“to feel, touch”). Doublet of taxer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.ʃe/
Audio (file) - Homophone: tâcher
Verb
tacher
- to soil or stain
- to tarnish one's reputation
Conjugation
Conjugation of tacher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tacher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tachant /ta.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | taché /ta.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | tache /taʃ/ | taches /taʃ/ | tache /taʃ/ | tachons /ta.ʃɔ̃/ | tachez /ta.ʃe/ | tachent /taʃ/ |
| imperfect | tachais /ta.ʃɛ/ | tachais /ta.ʃɛ/ | tachait /ta.ʃɛ/ | tachions /ta.ʃjɔ̃/ | tachiez /ta.ʃje/ | tachaient /ta.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tachai /ta.ʃe/ | tachas /ta.ʃa/ | tacha /ta.ʃa/ | tachâmes /ta.ʃam/ | tachâtes /ta.ʃat/ | tachèrent /ta.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | tacherai /taʃ.ʁe/ | tacheras /taʃ.ʁa/ | tachera /taʃ.ʁa/ | tacherons /taʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | tacherez /taʃ.ʁe/ | tacheront /taʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tacherais /taʃ.ʁɛ/ | tacherais /taʃ.ʁɛ/ | tacherait /taʃ.ʁɛ/ | tacherions /ta.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | tacheriez /ta.ʃə.ʁje/ | tacheraient /taʃ.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 | tache /taʃ/ | taches /taʃ/ | tache /taʃ/ | tachions /ta.ʃjɔ̃/ | tachiez /ta.ʃje/ | tachent /taʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | tachasse /ta.ʃas/ | tachasses /ta.ʃas/ | tachât /ta.ʃa/ | tachassions /ta.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | tachassiez /ta.ʃa.sje/ | tachassent /ta.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tache /taʃ/ | — | tachons /ta.ʃɔ̃/ | tachez /ta.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
- “tacher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- archet, charte, châtre, châtré
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French attacher (“to attach”).
Verb
tacher
- (Saint-Domingue) to attach
References
- S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île