trencher

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English

A plate on which food is served.
A machine for digging trenches.

Etymology

From Middle English trenchour, from Anglo-Norman trenchour and Old Northern French trencheor (French tranchoir), from trenchier (“to cut, to carve”). See trench (verb).

Pronunciation

Noun

trencher (plural trenchers)

  1. (archaic or historical) A plate on which food is served or cut.
  2. One who trenches; especially, one who cuts or digs ditches.
  3. A machine for digging trenches.
    Coordinate term: (hand tool) entrenching tool

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Old French

Verb

trencher

  1. Alternative form of trenchier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of trencher (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive trencher avoir trenché
gerund en trenchant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle trenchant
past participle trenché
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present trenche trenches trenche trenchons trenchez trenchent
imperfect trenchoie, trencheie, trenchoe, trencheve trenchoies, trencheies, trenchoes, trencheves trenchoit, trencheit, trenchot, trencheve trenchiiens, trenchiens trenchiiez, trenchiez trenchoient, trencheient, trenchoent, trenchevent
preterite trenchai trenchas trencha trenchames trenchastes trencherent
future trencherai trencheras trenchera trencherons trencheroiz, trenchereiz, trencherez trencheront
conditional trencheroie, trenchereie trencheroies, trenchereies trencheroit, trenchereit trencheriiens, trencheriens trencheriiez, trencheriez trencheroient, trenchereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present trenche trenches trenche trenchons trenchez trenchent
imperfect trenchasse trenchasses trenchast trenchissons, trenchissiens trenchissoiz, trenchissez, trenchissiez trenchassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— trenche — trenchons trenchez —
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