féticher

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French

Etymology

From fétiche +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fe.ti.ʃe/
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Verb

féticher

  1. (Africa) to enchant by magic; to cast a spell
    Synonyms: envouter, marabouter
    Tu pars chez une personne qui sait «féticher» l’éléphant.
    You're going to visit someone who can "enchant" an elephant.
  2. (religion) to practice fetishism
    Tu sais, il y a des musulmans qui ne fétichent pas, et des chrétiens qui fétichent. La religion n’est pas l’essentiel.
    You know, there are Muslims who do not practice fetishism and Christians who do. The religion is not the important thing.

Conjugation

Conjugation of féticher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple féticher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fétichant
/fe.ti.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fétiché
/fe.ti.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fétiche
/fe.tiʃ/ 		fétiches
/fe.tiʃ/ 		fétiche
/fe.tiʃ/ 		fétichons
/fe.ti.ʃɔ̃/ 		fétichez
/fe.ti.ʃe/ 		fétichent
/fe.tiʃ/
imperfect fétichais
/fe.ti.ʃɛ/ 		fétichais
/fe.ti.ʃɛ/ 		fétichait
/fe.ti.ʃɛ/ 		fétichions
/fe.ti.ʃjɔ̃/ 		fétichiez
/fe.ti.ʃje/ 		fétichaient
/fe.ti.ʃɛ/
past historic2 fétichai
/fe.ti.ʃe/ 		fétichas
/fe.ti.ʃa/ 		féticha
/fe.ti.ʃa/ 		fétichâmes
/fe.ti.ʃam/ 		fétichâtes
/fe.ti.ʃat/ 		fétichèrent
/fe.ti.ʃɛʁ/
future féticherai
/fe.tiʃ.ʁe/ 		féticheras
/fe.tiʃ.ʁa/ 		fétichera
/fe.tiʃ.ʁa/ 		féticherons
/fe.tiʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		féticherez
/fe.tiʃ.ʁe/ 		féticheront
/fe.tiʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional féticherais
/fe.tiʃ.ʁɛ/ 		féticherais
/fe.tiʃ.ʁɛ/ 		féticherait
/fe.tiʃ.ʁɛ/ 		féticherions
/fe.ti.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		féticheriez
/fe.ti.ʃə.ʁje/ 		féticheraient
/fe.tiʃ.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 fétiche
/fe.tiʃ/ 		fétiches
/fe.tiʃ/ 		fétiche
/fe.tiʃ/ 		fétichions
/fe.ti.ʃjɔ̃/ 		fétichiez
/fe.ti.ʃje/ 		fétichent
/fe.tiʃ/
imperfect2 fétichasse
/fe.ti.ʃas/ 		fétichasses
/fe.ti.ʃas/ 		fétichât
/fe.ti.ʃa/ 		fétichassions
/fe.ti.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		fétichassiez
/fe.ti.ʃa.sje/ 		fétichassent
/fe.ti.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fétiche
/fe.tiʃ/ 		— fétichons
/fe.ti.ʃɔ̃/ 		fétichez
/fe.ti.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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