flancher

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French

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flɑ̃.ʃe/
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Verb

flancher

  1. to drop out; pussy out; wuss out; chicken out; back down

Conjugation

Conjugation of flancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple flancher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple flanchant
/flɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle flanché
/flɑ̃.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present flanche
/flɑ̃ʃ/ 		flanches
/flɑ̃ʃ/ 		flanche
/flɑ̃ʃ/ 		flanchons
/flɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ 		flanchez
/flɑ̃.ʃe/ 		flanchent
/flɑ̃ʃ/
imperfect flanchais
/flɑ̃.ʃɛ/ 		flanchais
/flɑ̃.ʃɛ/ 		flanchait
/flɑ̃.ʃɛ/ 		flanchions
/flɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ 		flanchiez
/flɑ̃.ʃje/ 		flanchaient
/flɑ̃.ʃɛ/
past historic2 flanchai
/flɑ̃.ʃe/ 		flanchas
/flɑ̃.ʃa/ 		flancha
/flɑ̃.ʃa/ 		flanchâmes
/flɑ̃.ʃam/ 		flanchâtes
/flɑ̃.ʃat/ 		flanchèrent
/flɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/
future flancherai
/flɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ 		flancheras
/flɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ 		flanchera
/flɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ 		flancherons
/flɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		flancherez
/flɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ 		flancheront
/flɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional flancherais
/flɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ 		flancherais
/flɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ 		flancherait
/flɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ 		flancherions
/flɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		flancheriez
/flɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/ 		flancheraient
/flɑ̃ʃ.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 flanche
/flɑ̃ʃ/ 		flanches
/flɑ̃ʃ/ 		flanche
/flɑ̃ʃ/ 		flanchions
/flɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ 		flanchiez
/flɑ̃.ʃje/ 		flanchent
/flɑ̃ʃ/
imperfect2 flanchasse
/flɑ̃.ʃas/ 		flanchasses
/flɑ̃.ʃas/ 		flanchât
/flɑ̃.ʃa/ 		flanchassions
/flɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		flanchassiez
/flɑ̃.ʃa.sje/ 		flanchassent
/flɑ̃.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — flanche
/flɑ̃ʃ/ 		— flanchons
/flɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ 		flanchez
/flɑ̃.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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