brancher

English

Etymology

branch +‎ -er

Noun

brancher (plural branchers)

  1. That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.
  2. (falconry) A young owl or other raptor that is just too young to fly. So called because of the bird still clinging to the branches while practising flying movements with the wings.

French

Etymology

branche +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʁɑ̃.ʃe/

Verb

brancher

  1. to connect (appliance)
  2. (computing) to branch

Conjugation
Conjugation of brancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle branchant
/bʁɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/
past participle branché
/bʁɑ̃.ʃe/
infinitive
simple brancher
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple branchant
/bʁɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present branche
/bʁɑ̃ʃ/		 branches
/bʁɑ̃ʃ/		 branche
/bʁɑ̃ʃ/		 branchons
/bʁɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/		 branchez
/bʁɑ̃.ʃe/		 branchent
/bʁɑ̃ʃ/
imperfect branchais
/bʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/		 branchais
/bʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/		 branchait
/bʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/		 branchions
/bʁɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/		 branchiez
/bʁɑ̃.ʃje/		 branchaient
/bʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/
past historic2 branchai
/bʁɑ̃.ʃe/		 branchas
/bʁɑ̃.ʃa/		 brancha
/bʁɑ̃.ʃa/		 branchâmes
/bʁɑ̃.ʃam/		 branchâtes
/bʁɑ̃.ʃat/		 branchèrent
/bʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/
future brancherai
/bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/		 brancheras
/bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/		 branchera
/bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/		 brancherons
/bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 brancherez
/bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/		 brancheront
/bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional brancherais
/bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/		 brancherais
/bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/		 brancherait
/bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/		 brancherions
/bʁɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 brancheriez
/bʁɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/		 brancheraient
/bʁɑ̃ʃ.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 branche
/bʁɑ̃ʃ/		 branches
/bʁɑ̃ʃ/		 branche
/bʁɑ̃ʃ/		 branchions
/bʁɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/		 branchiez
/bʁɑ̃.ʃje/		 branchent
/bʁɑ̃ʃ/
imperfect2 branchasse
/bʁɑ̃.ʃas/		 branchasses
/bʁɑ̃.ʃas/		 branchât
/bʁɑ̃.ʃa/		 branchassions
/bʁɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 branchassiez
/bʁɑ̃.ʃa.sje/		 branchassent
/bʁɑ̃.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — branche
/bʁɑ̃ʃ/		 — branchons
/bʁɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/		 branchez
/bʁɑ̃.ʃe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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