pêcher

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See also: pecher and pécher

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French peschier, from Latin piscārī.

Verb

pêcher

  1. to fish
Conjugation
Conjugation of pêcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pêcher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pêchant
/pɛ.ʃɑ̃/ or /pe.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pêché
/pɛ.ʃe/ or /pe.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pêche
/pɛʃ/ 		pêches
/pɛʃ/ 		pêche
/pɛʃ/ 		pêchons
/pɛ.ʃɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃɔ̃/ 		pêchez
/pɛ.ʃe/ or /pe.ʃe/ 		pêchent
/pɛʃ/
imperfect pêchais
/pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /pe.ʃɛ/ 		pêchais
/pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /pe.ʃɛ/ 		pêchait
/pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /pe.ʃɛ/ 		pêchions
/pɛ.ʃjɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃjɔ̃/ 		pêchiez
/pɛ.ʃje/ or /pe.ʃje/ 		pêchaient
/pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /pe.ʃɛ/
past historic2 pêchai
/pɛ.ʃe/ or /pe.ʃe/ 		pêchas
/pɛ.ʃa/ or /pe.ʃa/ 		pêcha
/pɛ.ʃa/ or /pe.ʃa/ 		pêchâmes
/pɛ.ʃam/ or /pe.ʃam/ 		pêchâtes
/pɛ.ʃat/ or /pe.ʃat/ 		pêchèrent
/pɛ.ʃɛʁ/ or /pe.ʃɛʁ/
future pêcherai
/pɛʃ.ʁe/ 		pêcheras
/pɛʃ.ʁa/ 		pêchera
/pɛʃ.ʁa/ 		pêcherons
/pɛʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		pêcherez
/pɛʃ.ʁe/ 		pêcheront
/pɛʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pêcherais
/pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ 		pêcherais
/pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ 		pêcherait
/pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ 		pêcherions
/pɛ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pêcheriez
/pɛ.ʃə.ʁje/ or /pe.ʃə.ʁje/ 		pêcheraient
/pɛʃ.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 pêche
/pɛʃ/ 		pêches
/pɛʃ/ 		pêche
/pɛʃ/ 		pêchions
/pɛ.ʃjɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃjɔ̃/ 		pêchiez
/pɛ.ʃje/ or /pe.ʃje/ 		pêchent
/pɛʃ/
imperfect2 pêchasse
/pɛ.ʃas/ or /pe.ʃas/ 		pêchasses
/pɛ.ʃas/ or /pe.ʃas/ 		pêchât
/pɛ.ʃa/ or /pe.ʃa/ 		pêchassions
/pɛ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		pêchassiez
/pɛ.ʃa.sje/ or /pe.ʃa.sje/ 		pêchassent
/pɛ.ʃas/ or /pe.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pêche
/pɛʃ/ 		— pêchons
/pɛ.ʃɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃɔ̃/ 		pêchez
/pɛ.ʃe/ or /pe.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

Etymology 2

From pêche (“peach”) +‎ -ier.

Noun

pêcher m (plural pêchers)

  1. peach tree

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