étancher

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French estanchier, of uncertain origin: possibly from a Vulgar Latin *stānticāre < *stānticus < Latin stāntem. Compare Italian stanco, stancare, Spanish estancar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.tɑ̃.ʃe/
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Verb

étancher

  1. (transitive) to make watertight, to stop water from flowing
  2. (transitive) to quench (thirst)
    A la fontaine je m’abreuve, j’étanche ma soif.
    From the fountain I drink, I quench my thirst.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to satiate, to quench, to assuage

Conjugation

Conjugation of étancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple étancher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple étanchant
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle étanché
/e.tɑ̃.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present étanche
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/ 		étanches
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/ 		étanche
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/ 		étanchons
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ 		étanchez
/e.tɑ̃.ʃe/ 		étanchent
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/
imperfect étanchais
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɛ/ 		étanchais
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɛ/ 		étanchait
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɛ/ 		étanchions
/e.tɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ 		étanchiez
/e.tɑ̃.ʃje/ 		étanchaient
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɛ/
past historic2 étanchai
/e.tɑ̃.ʃe/ 		étanchas
/e.tɑ̃.ʃa/ 		étancha
/e.tɑ̃.ʃa/ 		étanchâmes
/e.tɑ̃.ʃam/ 		étanchâtes
/e.tɑ̃.ʃat/ 		étanchèrent
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/
future étancherai
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ 		étancheras
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ 		étanchera
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ 		étancherons
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		étancherez
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ 		étancheront
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional étancherais
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ 		étancherais
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ 		étancherait
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ 		étancherions
/e.tɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		étancheriez
/e.tɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/ 		étancheraient
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.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 étanche
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/ 		étanches
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/ 		étanche
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/ 		étanchions
/e.tɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ 		étanchiez
/e.tɑ̃.ʃje/ 		étanchent
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/
imperfect2 étanchasse
/e.tɑ̃.ʃas/ 		étanchasses
/e.tɑ̃.ʃas/ 		étanchât
/e.tɑ̃.ʃa/ 		étanchassions
/e.tɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		étanchassiez
/e.tɑ̃.ʃa.sje/ 		étanchassent
/e.tɑ̃.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — étanche
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/ 		— étanchons
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ 		étanchez
/e.tɑ̃.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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