éplucher
French
Etymology
From Middle French esplucher, from Old French espeluchier, from Vulgar Latin *expiluccāre, ultimately from Latin pilāre (“remove hair”). Compare Occitan espelucar, Catalan espellucar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ply.ʃe/
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Verb
éplucher
- (transitive) to peel
- (transitive, figuratively) to scrutinise
- (reflexive) to preen
Conjugation
Conjugation of éplucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | éplucher | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | épluchant /e.ply.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | épluché /e.ply.ʃe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | épluche /e.plyʃ/ | épluches /e.plyʃ/ | épluche /e.plyʃ/ | épluchons /e.ply.ʃɔ̃/ | épluchez /e.ply.ʃe/ | épluchent /e.plyʃ/ |
imperfect | épluchais /e.ply.ʃɛ/ | épluchais /e.ply.ʃɛ/ | épluchait /e.ply.ʃɛ/ | épluchions /e.ply.ʃjɔ̃/ | épluchiez /e.ply.ʃje/ | épluchaient /e.ply.ʃɛ/ | |
past historic2 | épluchai /e.ply.ʃe/ | épluchas /e.ply.ʃa/ | éplucha /e.ply.ʃa/ | épluchâmes /e.ply.ʃam/ | épluchâtes /e.ply.ʃat/ | épluchèrent /e.ply.ʃɛʁ/ | |
future | éplucherai /e.plyʃ.ʁe/ | éplucheras /e.plyʃ.ʁa/ | épluchera /e.plyʃ.ʁa/ | éplucherons /e.plyʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | éplucherez /e.plyʃ.ʁe/ | éplucheront /e.plyʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | éplucherais /e.plyʃ.ʁɛ/ | éplucherais /e.plyʃ.ʁɛ/ | éplucherait /e.plyʃ.ʁɛ/ | éplucherions /e.ply.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | éplucheriez /e.ply.ʃə.ʁje/ | éplucheraient /e.plyʃ.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 | épluche /e.plyʃ/ | épluches /e.plyʃ/ | épluche /e.plyʃ/ | épluchions /e.ply.ʃjɔ̃/ | épluchiez /e.ply.ʃje/ | épluchent /e.plyʃ/ |
imperfect2 | épluchasse /e.ply.ʃas/ | épluchasses /e.ply.ʃas/ | épluchât /e.ply.ʃa/ | épluchassions /e.ply.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | épluchassiez /e.ply.ʃa.sje/ | épluchassent /e.ply.ʃas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | épluche /e.plyʃ/ | — | épluchons /e.ply.ʃɔ̃/ | épluchez /e.ply.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). |
Related terms
- épluchoir
- épluchure
Further reading
- “éplucher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- pelucher