accoucher

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French

Etymology

From a- +‎ coucher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ku.ʃe/
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Verb

accoucher

  1. (intransitive) to go into labour
  2. (transitive) to give birth to, to deliver (a baby)
    Synonyms: mettre au monde, donner naissance
    Elle a accouché d’un petit garçon. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. (transitive) to help someone deliver (a baby)
    Elle accouchait les mères. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (transitive) to come up with
    Il a accouché d’une merveilleuse idée.
    He came up with a wonderful idea.
  5. (intransitive, slang) to say, tell something that one (tried to) hid beforehand
    Synonyms: balancer, cracher le morceau
    Allez, accouche ! On va rien te faire.
    Come on, say it! We won't do nothing to you.

Conjugation

Conjugation of accoucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple accoucher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple accouchant
/a.ku.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle accouché
/a.ku.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present accouche
/a.kuʃ/ 		accouches
/a.kuʃ/ 		accouche
/a.kuʃ/ 		accouchons
/a.ku.ʃɔ̃/ 		accouchez
/a.ku.ʃe/ 		accouchent
/a.kuʃ/
imperfect accouchais
/a.ku.ʃɛ/ 		accouchais
/a.ku.ʃɛ/ 		accouchait
/a.ku.ʃɛ/ 		accouchions
/a.ku.ʃjɔ̃/ 		accouchiez
/a.ku.ʃje/ 		accouchaient
/a.ku.ʃɛ/
past historic2 accouchai
/a.ku.ʃe/ 		accouchas
/a.ku.ʃa/ 		accoucha
/a.ku.ʃa/ 		accouchâmes
/a.ku.ʃam/ 		accouchâtes
/a.ku.ʃat/ 		accouchèrent
/a.ku.ʃɛʁ/
future accoucherai
/a.kuʃ.ʁe/ 		accoucheras
/a.kuʃ.ʁa/ 		accouchera
/a.kuʃ.ʁa/ 		accoucherons
/a.kuʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		accoucherez
/a.kuʃ.ʁe/ 		accoucheront
/a.kuʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional accoucherais
/a.kuʃ.ʁɛ/ 		accoucherais
/a.kuʃ.ʁɛ/ 		accoucherait
/a.kuʃ.ʁɛ/ 		accoucherions
/a.ku.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		accoucheriez
/a.ku.ʃə.ʁje/ 		accoucheraient
/a.kuʃ.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 accouche
/a.kuʃ/ 		accouches
/a.kuʃ/ 		accouche
/a.kuʃ/ 		accouchions
/a.ku.ʃjɔ̃/ 		accouchiez
/a.ku.ʃje/ 		accouchent
/a.kuʃ/
imperfect2 accouchasse
/a.ku.ʃas/ 		accouchasses
/a.ku.ʃas/ 		accouchât
/a.ku.ʃa/ 		accouchassions
/a.ku.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		accouchassiez
/a.ku.ʃa.sje/ 		accouchassent
/a.ku.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — accouche
/a.kuʃ/ 		— accouchons
/a.ku.ʃɔ̃/ 		accouchez
/a.ku.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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