lâcher

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See also: Lächer

Champenois

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French laschier, from Vulgar Latin *lassicāre < *laxicāre, frequentative of Latin laxāre.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /lɑ.ʃe/

Noun

lâcher

  1. (Troyen) to let, to let go

References

  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎ (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎ (in French), Troyes

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French lascher, from Old French laschier, from Vulgar Latin *lassicāre < *laxicāre, frequentative of Latin laxāre (whence French laisser).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.ʃe/ ~ /lɑ.ʃe/
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Verb

lâcher

  1. to release; to loosen; to let go
    • 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXXIX, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J-J Dubochet et Cie, éditeurs, , →OCLC:
      Le fils de Barberousse était si cruel et traitait si mal ses captifs, que ceux qui occupaient les bancs de sa chiourme ne virent pas plutôt la galère la Louve se diriger sur eux et prendre de l’avance, qu’ils lâchèrent tous à la fois les rames, et saisirent leur capitaine, qui leur criait du gaillard d’arrière de ramer plus vite ; puis se le passant de banc en banc, de la poupe à la proue, ils lui donnèrent tant de coups de dents, qu’avant d’avoir atteint le mât, il avait rendu son âme aux enfers....
      The son of Barbarossa was so cruel and treated his captives so badly, that those who occupied the benches of his galley no sooner saw the galley la Louve steering to them and advancing, that they let go of the oars all at once, and seized their captain, who yelled to them from the aftcastle to row faster; then passing him to each other from bench to bench, from the poop to the prow, they bit him so much, that before having reached the mast, he had rendered his soul to Hell....
  2. (figurative) to abandon, to let go
  3. to chicken out
  4. (mechanics) to fail

Conjugation

Conjugation of lâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple lâcher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple lâchant
/la.ʃɑ̃/ or /lɑ.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle lâché
/la.ʃe/ or /lɑ.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present lâche
/laʃ/ or /lɑʃ/ 		lâches
/laʃ/ or /lɑʃ/ 		lâche
/laʃ/ or /lɑʃ/ 		lâchons
/la.ʃɔ̃/ or /lɑ.ʃɔ̃/ 		lâchez
/la.ʃe/ or /lɑ.ʃe/ 		lâchent
/laʃ/ or /lɑʃ/
imperfect lâchais
/la.ʃɛ/ or /lɑ.ʃɛ/ 		lâchais
/la.ʃɛ/ or /lɑ.ʃɛ/ 		lâchait
/la.ʃɛ/ or /lɑ.ʃɛ/ 		lâchions
/la.ʃjɔ̃/ or /lɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ 		lâchiez
/la.ʃje/ or /lɑ.ʃje/ 		lâchaient
/la.ʃɛ/ or /lɑ.ʃɛ/
past historic2 lâchai
/la.ʃe/ or /lɑ.ʃe/ 		lâchas
/la.ʃa/ or /lɑ.ʃa/ 		lâcha
/la.ʃa/ or /lɑ.ʃa/ 		lâchâmes
/la.ʃam/ or /lɑ.ʃam/ 		lâchâtes
/la.ʃat/ or /lɑ.ʃat/ 		lâchèrent
/la.ʃɛʁ/ or /lɑ.ʃɛʁ/
future lâcherai
/laʃ.ʁe/ or /lɑʃ.ʁe/ 		lâcheras
/laʃ.ʁa/ or /lɑʃ.ʁa/ 		lâchera
/laʃ.ʁa/ or /lɑʃ.ʁa/ 		lâcherons
/laʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /lɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		lâcherez
/laʃ.ʁe/ or /lɑʃ.ʁe/ 		lâcheront
/laʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /lɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional lâcherais
/laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /lɑʃ.ʁɛ/ 		lâcherais
/laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /lɑʃ.ʁɛ/ 		lâcherait
/laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /lɑʃ.ʁɛ/ 		lâcherions
/la.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /lɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		lâcheriez
/la.ʃə.ʁje/ or /lɑ.ʃə.ʁje/ 		lâcheraient
/laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /lɑʃ.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 lâche
/laʃ/ or /lɑʃ/ 		lâches
/laʃ/ or /lɑʃ/ 		lâche
/laʃ/ or /lɑʃ/ 		lâchions
/la.ʃjɔ̃/ or /lɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ 		lâchiez
/la.ʃje/ or /lɑ.ʃje/ 		lâchent
/laʃ/ or /lɑʃ/
imperfect2 lâchasse
/la.ʃas/ or /lɑ.ʃas/ 		lâchasses
/la.ʃas/ or /lɑ.ʃas/ 		lâchât
/la.ʃa/ or /lɑ.ʃa/ 		lâchassions
/la.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /lɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		lâchassiez
/la.ʃa.sje/ or /lɑ.ʃa.sje/ 		lâchassent
/la.ʃas/ or /lɑ.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — lâche
/laʃ/ or /lɑʃ/ 		— lâchons
/la.ʃɔ̃/ or /lɑ.ʃɔ̃/ 		lâchez
/la.ʃe/ or /lɑ.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).

Derived terms

Noun

lâcher m (plural lâchers)

  1. Synonym of lâchage

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