retrancher

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French

Etymology

From re- +‎ trancher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe/
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Verb

retrancher

  1. (transitive) to deduct, take away, cut out (delete)
  2. (intransitive) to cut down
    retrancher sur l’alcool ― cut down alcohol
  3. (transitive) to cut off (exclude, from e.g. society)
  4. (archaic, transitive) to kill, to snuff out, to bump off
  5. (reflexive) to take shelter
  6. (reflexive, military) to entrench oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of retrancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple retrancher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple retranchant
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle retranché
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present retranche
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ 		retranches
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ 		retranche
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ 		retranchons
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ 		retranchez
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe/ 		retranchent
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/
imperfect retranchais
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ 		retranchais
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ 		retranchait
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ 		retranchions
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ 		retranchiez
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃje/ 		retranchaient
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/
past historic2 retranchai
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe/ 		retranchas
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃa/ 		retrancha
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃa/ 		retranchâmes
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃam/ 		retranchâtes
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃat/ 		retranchèrent
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/
future retrancherai
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ 		retrancheras
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ 		retranchera
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ 		retrancherons
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		retrancherez
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ 		retrancheront
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional retrancherais
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ 		retrancherais
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ 		retrancherait
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ 		retrancherions
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		retrancheriez
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/ 		retrancheraient
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.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 retranche
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ 		retranches
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ 		retranche
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ 		retranchions
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ 		retranchiez
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃje/ 		retranchent
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/
imperfect2 retranchasse
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃas/ 		retranchasses
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃas/ 		retranchât
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃa/ 		retranchassions
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		retranchassiez
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃa.sje/ 		retranchassent
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — retranche
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ 		— retranchons
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ 		retranchez
/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.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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