retoucher

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English

Etymology

From retouch +‎ -er.

Noun

retoucher (plural retouchers)

  1. One who retouches
    I used to work as a photo retoucher.

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ toucher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.tu.ʃe/
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Verb

retoucher

  1. (photography) to retouch
  2. to touch up, to put the finishing touches on

Conjugation

Conjugation of retoucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple retoucher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple retouchant
/ʁə.tu.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle retouché
/ʁə.tu.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/ 		retouches
/ʁə.tuʃ/ 		retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/ 		retouchons
/ʁə.tu.ʃɔ̃/ 		retouchez
/ʁə.tu.ʃe/ 		retouchent
/ʁə.tuʃ/
imperfect retouchais
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/ 		retouchais
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/ 		retouchait
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/ 		retouchions
/ʁə.tu.ʃjɔ̃/ 		retouchiez
/ʁə.tu.ʃje/ 		retouchaient
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/
past historic2 retouchai
/ʁə.tu.ʃe/ 		retouchas
/ʁə.tu.ʃa/ 		retoucha
/ʁə.tu.ʃa/ 		retouchâmes
/ʁə.tu.ʃam/ 		retouchâtes
/ʁə.tu.ʃat/ 		retouchèrent
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛʁ/
future retoucherai
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁe/ 		retoucheras
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁa/ 		retouchera
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁa/ 		retoucherons
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		retoucherez
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁe/ 		retoucheront
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional retoucherais
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/ 		retoucherais
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/ 		retoucherait
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/ 		retoucherions
/ʁə.tu.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		retoucheriez
/ʁə.tu.ʃə.ʁje/ 		retoucheraient
/ʁə.tuʃ.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 retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/ 		retouches
/ʁə.tuʃ/ 		retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/ 		retouchions
/ʁə.tu.ʃjɔ̃/ 		retouchiez
/ʁə.tu.ʃje/ 		retouchent
/ʁə.tuʃ/
imperfect2 retouchasse
/ʁə.tu.ʃas/ 		retouchasses
/ʁə.tu.ʃas/ 		retouchât
/ʁə.tu.ʃa/ 		retouchassions
/ʁə.tu.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		retouchassiez
/ʁə.tu.ʃa.sje/ 		retouchassent
/ʁə.tu.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/ 		— retouchons
/ʁə.tu.ʃɔ̃/ 		retouchez
/ʁə.tu.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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