brancher
See also: branchêr
English
Etymology 1
branch (verb) + -er
Noun
brancher (plural branchers)
- That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.
Etymology 2
branch (noun) + -er
Noun
brancher (plural branchers)
- (falconry) A young owl or other raptor that is just too young to fly. So called because of the bird still clinging to the branches while practising flying movements with the wings.
See also
- root-and-brancher
Anagrams
- rebranch
French
Etymology
branche + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁɑ̃.ʃe/
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Verb
brancher
- to connect, plug in (appliance)
- (computing) to branch
- (Louisiana) to branch off, to turn (of a road)
- Synonym: fourcher
Conjugation
Conjugation of brancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | brancher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | branchant /bʁɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | branché /bʁɑ̃.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | branche /bʁɑ̃ʃ/ | branches /bʁɑ̃ʃ/ | branche /bʁɑ̃ʃ/ | branchons /bʁɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ | branchez /bʁɑ̃.ʃe/ | branchent /bʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect | branchais /bʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ | branchais /bʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ | branchait /bʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ | branchions /bʁɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ | branchiez /bʁɑ̃.ʃje/ | branchaient /bʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | branchai /bʁɑ̃.ʃe/ | branchas /bʁɑ̃.ʃa/ | brancha /bʁɑ̃.ʃa/ | branchâmes /bʁɑ̃.ʃam/ | branchâtes /bʁɑ̃.ʃat/ | branchèrent /bʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | brancherai /bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ | brancheras /bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ | branchera /bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ | brancherons /bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | brancherez /bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ | brancheront /bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | brancherais /bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ | brancherais /bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ | brancherait /bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ | brancherions /bʁɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | brancheriez /bʁɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/ | brancheraient /bʁɑ̃ʃ.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 | branche /bʁɑ̃ʃ/ | branches /bʁɑ̃ʃ/ | branche /bʁɑ̃ʃ/ | branchions /bʁɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ | branchiez /bʁɑ̃.ʃje/ | branchent /bʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | branchasse /bʁɑ̃.ʃas/ | branchasses /bʁɑ̃.ʃas/ | branchât /bʁɑ̃.ʃa/ | branchassions /bʁɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | branchassiez /bʁɑ̃.ʃa.sje/ | branchassent /bʁɑ̃.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | branche /bʁɑ̃ʃ/ | — | branchons /bʁɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ | branchez /bʁɑ̃.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
- “brancher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.