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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.ʃe/
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Etymology 1

From Old French bouchier, from bouc (“goat”), of Germanic origin.

Noun

boucher m (plural bouchers, feminine bouchère)

  1. butcher
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Related to bois.

Verb

boucher

  1. to cork up
  2. to bung
  3. to block up
Conjugation
Conjugation of boucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple boucher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bouchant
/bu.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bouché
/bu.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bouche
/buʃ/ 		bouches
/buʃ/ 		bouche
/buʃ/ 		bouchons
/bu.ʃɔ̃/ 		bouchez
/bu.ʃe/ 		bouchent
/buʃ/
imperfect bouchais
/bu.ʃɛ/ 		bouchais
/bu.ʃɛ/ 		bouchait
/bu.ʃɛ/ 		bouchions
/bu.ʃjɔ̃/ 		bouchiez
/bu.ʃje/ 		bouchaient
/bu.ʃɛ/
past historic2 bouchai
/bu.ʃe/ 		bouchas
/bu.ʃa/ 		boucha
/bu.ʃa/ 		bouchâmes
/bu.ʃam/ 		bouchâtes
/bu.ʃat/ 		bouchèrent
/bu.ʃɛʁ/
future boucherai
/buʃ.ʁe/ 		boucheras
/buʃ.ʁa/ 		bouchera
/buʃ.ʁa/ 		boucherons
/buʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		boucherez
/buʃ.ʁe/ 		boucheront
/buʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional boucherais
/buʃ.ʁɛ/ 		boucherais
/buʃ.ʁɛ/ 		boucherait
/buʃ.ʁɛ/ 		boucherions
/bu.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		boucheriez
/bu.ʃə.ʁje/ 		boucheraient
/buʃ.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 bouche
/buʃ/ 		bouches
/buʃ/ 		bouche
/buʃ/ 		bouchions
/bu.ʃjɔ̃/ 		bouchiez
/bu.ʃje/ 		bouchent
/buʃ/
imperfect2 bouchasse
/bu.ʃas/ 		bouchasses
/bu.ʃas/ 		bouchât
/bu.ʃa/ 		bouchassions
/bu.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		bouchassiez
/bu.ʃa.sje/ 		bouchassent
/bu.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bouche
/buʃ/ 		— bouchons
/bu.ʃɔ̃/ 		bouchez
/bu.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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Middle English

Noun

boucher

  1. Alternative form of bocher
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