trébucher

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See also: trebucher

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French trebucher, from Old French trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tres- + *buchier, from Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Old High German būh (“belly”), Old English būc (“belly, trunk”). More at bouk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁe.by.ʃe/
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Verb

trébucher

  1. (intransitive) to trip, to stumble
    perdre l’équilibre et trébucher ― to lose balance and trip

Conjugation

Conjugation of trébucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple trébucher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple trébuchant
/tʁe.by.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle trébuché
/tʁe.by.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present trébuche
/tʁe.byʃ/ 		trébuches
/tʁe.byʃ/ 		trébuche
/tʁe.byʃ/ 		trébuchons
/tʁe.by.ʃɔ̃/ 		trébuchez
/tʁe.by.ʃe/ 		trébuchent
/tʁe.byʃ/
imperfect trébuchais
/tʁe.by.ʃɛ/ 		trébuchais
/tʁe.by.ʃɛ/ 		trébuchait
/tʁe.by.ʃɛ/ 		trébuchions
/tʁe.by.ʃjɔ̃/ 		trébuchiez
/tʁe.by.ʃje/ 		trébuchaient
/tʁe.by.ʃɛ/
past historic2 trébuchai
/tʁe.by.ʃe/ 		trébuchas
/tʁe.by.ʃa/ 		trébucha
/tʁe.by.ʃa/ 		trébuchâmes
/tʁe.by.ʃam/ 		trébuchâtes
/tʁe.by.ʃat/ 		trébuchèrent
/tʁe.by.ʃɛʁ/
future trébucherai
/tʁe.byʃ.ʁe/ 		trébucheras
/tʁe.byʃ.ʁa/ 		trébuchera
/tʁe.byʃ.ʁa/ 		trébucherons
/tʁe.byʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		trébucherez
/tʁe.byʃ.ʁe/ 		trébucheront
/tʁe.byʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional trébucherais
/tʁe.byʃ.ʁɛ/ 		trébucherais
/tʁe.byʃ.ʁɛ/ 		trébucherait
/tʁe.byʃ.ʁɛ/ 		trébucherions
/tʁe.by.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		trébucheriez
/tʁe.by.ʃə.ʁje/ 		trébucheraient
/tʁe.byʃ.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 trébuche
/tʁe.byʃ/ 		trébuches
/tʁe.byʃ/ 		trébuche
/tʁe.byʃ/ 		trébuchions
/tʁe.by.ʃjɔ̃/ 		trébuchiez
/tʁe.by.ʃje/ 		trébuchent
/tʁe.byʃ/
imperfect2 trébuchasse
/tʁe.by.ʃas/ 		trébuchasses
/tʁe.by.ʃas/ 		trébuchât
/tʁe.by.ʃa/ 		trébuchassions
/tʁe.by.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		trébuchassiez
/tʁe.by.ʃa.sje/ 		trébuchassent
/tʁe.by.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — trébuche
/tʁe.byʃ/ 		— trébuchons
/tʁe.by.ʃɔ̃/ 		trébuchez
/tʁe.by.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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