dénicher

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French

Etymology

From dé- +‎ nicher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.ni.ʃe/
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Verb

dénicher

  1. to scare up
  2. to hunt out, to track down
  3. (informal) to dig out, to unearth
    Synonyms: dégoter, mettre la main sur

Conjugation

Conjugation of dénicher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple dénicher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple dénichant
/de.ni.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle déniché
/de.ni.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present déniche
/de.niʃ/ 		déniches
/de.niʃ/ 		déniche
/de.niʃ/ 		dénichons
/de.ni.ʃɔ̃/ 		dénichez
/de.ni.ʃe/ 		dénichent
/de.niʃ/
imperfect dénichais
/de.ni.ʃɛ/ 		dénichais
/de.ni.ʃɛ/ 		dénichait
/de.ni.ʃɛ/ 		dénichions
/de.ni.ʃjɔ̃/ 		dénichiez
/de.ni.ʃje/ 		dénichaient
/de.ni.ʃɛ/
past historic2 dénichai
/de.ni.ʃe/ 		dénichas
/de.ni.ʃa/ 		dénicha
/de.ni.ʃa/ 		dénichâmes
/de.ni.ʃam/ 		dénichâtes
/de.ni.ʃat/ 		dénichèrent
/de.ni.ʃɛʁ/
future dénicherai
/de.niʃ.ʁe/ 		dénicheras
/de.niʃ.ʁa/ 		dénichera
/de.niʃ.ʁa/ 		dénicherons
/de.niʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		dénicherez
/de.niʃ.ʁe/ 		dénicheront
/de.niʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional dénicherais
/de.niʃ.ʁɛ/ 		dénicherais
/de.niʃ.ʁɛ/ 		dénicherait
/de.niʃ.ʁɛ/ 		dénicherions
/de.ni.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		dénicheriez
/de.ni.ʃə.ʁje/ 		dénicheraient
/de.niʃ.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 déniche
/de.niʃ/ 		déniches
/de.niʃ/ 		déniche
/de.niʃ/ 		dénichions
/de.ni.ʃjɔ̃/ 		dénichiez
/de.ni.ʃje/ 		dénichent
/de.niʃ/
imperfect2 dénichasse
/de.ni.ʃas/ 		dénichasses
/de.ni.ʃas/ 		dénichât
/de.ni.ʃa/ 		dénichassions
/de.ni.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		dénichassiez
/de.ni.ʃa.sje/ 		dénichassent
/de.ni.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — déniche
/de.niʃ/ 		— dénichons
/de.ni.ʃɔ̃/ 		dénichez
/de.ni.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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