échoir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French escheoir, from Vulgar Latin *excadēre (“fall out”), from Latin ex- + cadere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ʃwaʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

échoir

  1. (intransitive) to befall, to happen by chance
    Cela lui est échu en partage.
    It fell to his lot.
  2. (intransitive, law, obsolete) to become necessary (only used in the phrase le cas échéant)
  3. (intransitive, of an invoice) to become payable, to be due
    Le mode de facturation est à terme échu, car le calcul est basé sur l’utilisation mensuelle.
    The invoicing is presented in arrears, since the calculation is based on the monthly usage.

Conjugation

This verb is defective and is only conjugated in the third-person.

Conjugation of échoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple échoir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple échéant
/e.ʃe.ɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle échu
/e.ʃy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present — — échoit or échet
/e.ʃwa/ or /e.ʃɛ/ 		— — échoient or échettent
/e.ʃwa/ or /e.ʃɛt/
imperfect — — échoyait
/e.ʃwa.jɛ/ 		— — échoyaient
/e.ʃwa.jɛ/
past historic2 — — échut
/e.ʃy/ 		— — échurent
/e.ʃyʁ/
future — — échoira
/e.ʃwa.ʁa/ 		— — échoiront
/e.ʃwa.ʁɔ̃/
conditional — — échoirait
/e.ʃwa.ʁɛ/ 		— — échoiraient
/e.ʃwa.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 — — échoie
/e.ʃwa/ 		— — échoient
/e.ʃwa/
imperfect2 — — échût
/e.ʃy/ 		— — échussent
/e.ʃys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — — — — — —
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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