bûcher
See also: bucher, Bucher, and Bücher
French
Alternative forms
- bucher ((1990 reform spelling))
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /by.ʃe/
Etymology 1
From bûche.
Noun
bûcher m (plural bûchers)
- pyre
- (in the plural) the flames of Hell
Etymology 2
From bûche + -er.
Verb
bûcher
- to hew
- (informal) to slug away, to hit the books
Conjugation
Conjugation of bûcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bûcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bûchant /by.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bûché /by.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | bûche /byʃ/ | bûches /byʃ/ | bûche /byʃ/ | bûchons /by.ʃɔ̃/ | bûchez /by.ʃe/ | bûchent /byʃ/ |
| imperfect | bûchais /by.ʃɛ/ | bûchais /by.ʃɛ/ | bûchait /by.ʃɛ/ | bûchions /by.ʃjɔ̃/ | bûchiez /by.ʃje/ | bûchaient /by.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bûchai /by.ʃe/ | bûchas /by.ʃa/ | bûcha /by.ʃa/ | bûchâmes /by.ʃam/ | bûchâtes /by.ʃat/ | bûchèrent /by.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | bûcherai /byʃ.ʁe/ | bûcheras /byʃ.ʁa/ | bûchera /byʃ.ʁa/ | bûcherons /byʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | bûcherez /byʃ.ʁe/ | bûcheront /byʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bûcherais /byʃ.ʁɛ/ | bûcherais /byʃ.ʁɛ/ | bûcherait /byʃ.ʁɛ/ | bûcherions /by.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bûcheriez /by.ʃə.ʁje/ | bûcheraient /byʃ.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 | bûche /byʃ/ | bûches /byʃ/ | bûche /byʃ/ | bûchions /by.ʃjɔ̃/ | bûchiez /by.ʃje/ | bûchent /byʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | bûchasse /by.ʃas/ | bûchasses /by.ʃas/ | bûchât /by.ʃa/ | bûchassions /by.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | bûchassiez /by.ʃa.sje/ | bûchassent /by.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bûche /byʃ/ | — | bûchons /by.ʃɔ̃/ | bûchez /by.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
- “bûcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.