Imitative of the sound of a mold striking molten metal, similar to click.
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clicher
infinitive | simple | clicher | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | clichant /kli.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | cliché /kli.ʃe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | cliche /kliʃ/ |
cliches /kliʃ/ |
cliche /kliʃ/ |
clichons /kli.ʃɔ̃/ |
clichez /kli.ʃe/ |
clichent /kliʃ/ |
imperfect | clichais /kli.ʃɛ/ |
clichais /kli.ʃɛ/ |
clichait /kli.ʃɛ/ |
clichions /kli.ʃjɔ̃/ |
clichiez /kli.ʃje/ |
clichaient /kli.ʃɛ/ | |
past historic2 | clichai /kli.ʃe/ |
clichas /kli.ʃa/ |
clicha /kli.ʃa/ |
clichâmes /kli.ʃam/ |
clichâtes /kli.ʃat/ |
clichèrent /kli.ʃɛʁ/ | |
future | clicherai /kliʃ.ʁe/ |
clicheras /kliʃ.ʁa/ |
clichera /kliʃ.ʁa/ |
clicherons /kliʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
clicherez /kliʃ.ʁe/ |
clicheront /kliʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | clicherais /kliʃ.ʁɛ/ |
clicherais /kliʃ.ʁɛ/ |
clicherait /kliʃ.ʁɛ/ |
clicherions /kli.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
clicheriez /kli.ʃə.ʁje/ |
clicheraient /kliʃ.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 | cliche /kliʃ/ |
cliches /kliʃ/ |
cliche /kliʃ/ |
clichions /kli.ʃjɔ̃/ |
clichiez /kli.ʃje/ |
clichent /kliʃ/ |
imperfect2 | clichasse /kli.ʃas/ |
clichasses /kli.ʃas/ |
clichât /kli.ʃa/ |
clichassions /kli.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
clichassiez /kli.ʃa.sje/ |
clichassent /kli.ʃas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cliche /kliʃ/ |
— | clichons /kli.ʃɔ̃/ |
clichez /kli.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |