luncher

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English

Etymology

From lunch +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

luncher (plural lunchers)

  1. Someone who lunches; someone who eats lunch.
    • 2014, John Howard Reid, Merryll Manning: A Brush with Death, page 80:
      Late lunchers had the pick of the menu.
  2. One who treats another person to lunch.
    Coordinate term: lunchee
    • 2008, Stephen Bayley, Roger Mavity, Life's a Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Brilliant Ideas, page 213:
      If the luncher, choose venue carefully, reconnoitre loos. If lunchee, be prompt, but not early.

Alternative forms

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

luncher

  1. to lunch

Conjugation

Conjugation of luncher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple luncher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple lunchant
/lœ̃.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle lunché
/lœ̃.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present lunche
/lœ̃ʃ/ 		lunches
/lœ̃ʃ/ 		lunche
/lœ̃ʃ/ 		lunchons
/lœ̃.ʃɔ̃/ 		lunchez
/lœ̃.ʃe/ 		lunchent
/lœ̃ʃ/
imperfect lunchais
/lœ̃.ʃɛ/ 		lunchais
/lœ̃.ʃɛ/ 		lunchait
/lœ̃.ʃɛ/ 		lunchions
/lœ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ 		lunchiez
/lœ̃.ʃje/ 		lunchaient
/lœ̃.ʃɛ/
past historic2 lunchai
/lœ̃.ʃe/ 		lunchas
/lœ̃.ʃa/ 		luncha
/lœ̃.ʃa/ 		lunchâmes
/lœ̃.ʃam/ 		lunchâtes
/lœ̃.ʃat/ 		lunchèrent
/lœ̃.ʃɛʁ/
future luncherai
/lœ̃ʃ.ʁe/ 		luncheras
/lœ̃ʃ.ʁa/ 		lunchera
/lœ̃ʃ.ʁa/ 		luncherons
/lœ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		luncherez
/lœ̃ʃ.ʁe/ 		luncheront
/lœ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional luncherais
/lœ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ 		luncherais
/lœ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ 		luncherait
/lœ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ 		luncherions
/lœ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		luncheriez
/lœ̃.ʃə.ʁje/ 		luncheraient
/lœ̃ʃ.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 lunche
/lœ̃ʃ/ 		lunches
/lœ̃ʃ/ 		lunche
/lœ̃ʃ/ 		lunchions
/lœ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ 		lunchiez
/lœ̃.ʃje/ 		lunchent
/lœ̃ʃ/
imperfect2 lunchasse
/lœ̃.ʃas/ 		lunchasses
/lœ̃.ʃas/ 		lunchât
/lœ̃.ʃa/ 		lunchassions
/lœ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		lunchassiez
/lœ̃.ʃa.sje/ 		lunchassent
/lœ̃.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — lunche
/lœ̃ʃ/ 		— lunchons
/lœ̃.ʃɔ̃/ 		lunchez
/lœ̃.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).

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

luncher

  1. indefinite plural of lunch
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