trichier

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably Vulgar Latin *triccāre, from Late Latin trīcāre, from Latin trīcor, trīcārī (“behave in an evasive manner, search for detours; trifle, delay”), from trīcae. Compare Italian treccare, Old Occitan trichar, Catalan and Occitan trigar, Portuguese trigar. Alternatively possibly of ultimately Germanic origin; compare also English trick.

Verb

trichier

  1. to cheat (break the rules)
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 60, line 284:
      M'amur vers li ne pois trichier
      I can't cheat the love I have for her
  2. to trick; to fool; to deceive
    • c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
      einz se painne de lui trichier
      one does everything one can to trick him

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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 trichier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive trichier avoir trichié
gerund en trichant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle trichant
past participle trichié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present triche triches triche trichons trichiez trichent
imperfect trichoie, tricheie, trichoe, trichieve trichoies, tricheies, trichoes, trichieves trichoit, tricheit, trichot, trichieve trichiiens, trichiens trichiiez, trichiez trichoient, tricheient, trichoent, trichievent
preterite trichai trichas tricha trichames trichastes trichierent
future tricherai tricheras trichera tricherons tricheroiz, trichereiz, tricherez tricheront
conditional tricheroie, trichereie tricheroies, trichereies tricheroit, trichereit tricheriiens, tricheriens tricheriiez, tricheriez tricheroient, trichereient
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 triche triches triche trichons trichiez trichent
imperfect trichasse trichasses trichast trichissons, trichissiens trichissoiz, trichissez, trichissiez trichassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— triche — trichons trichiez —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: tricher
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