clocher

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /klɔ.ʃe/
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Noun

clocher m (plural clochers)

  1. bell tower, steeple

Verb

clocher

  1. To ring a bell
  2. To wobble
  3. (informal) To be wrong
    Il y a quelque chose qui cloche. - There's something wrong.

Conjugation
Conjugation of clocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle clochant
/klɔ.ʃɑ̃/
past participle cloché
/klɔ.ʃe/
infinitive
simple clocher
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple clochant
/klɔ.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 cloche
/klɔʃ/		 cloches
/klɔʃ/		 cloche
/klɔʃ/		 clochons
/klɔ.ʃɔ̃/		 clochez
/klɔ.ʃe/		 clochent
/klɔʃ/
imperfect clochais
/klɔ.ʃɛ/		 clochais
/klɔ.ʃɛ/		 clochait
/klɔ.ʃɛ/		 clochions
/klɔ.ʃjɔ̃/		 clochiez
/klɔ.ʃje/		 clochaient
/klɔ.ʃɛ/
past historic2 clochai
/klɔ.ʃe/		 clochas
/klɔ.ʃa/		 clocha
/klɔ.ʃa/		 clochâmes
/klɔ.ʃam/		 clochâtes
/klɔ.ʃat/		 clochèrent
/klɔ.ʃɛʁ/
future clocherai
/klɔʃ.ʁe/		 clocheras
/klɔʃ.ʁa/		 clochera
/klɔʃ.ʁa/		 clocherons
/klɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 clocherez
/klɔʃ.ʁe/		 clocheront
/klɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional clocherais
/klɔʃ.ʁɛ/		 clocherais
/klɔʃ.ʁɛ/		 clocherait
/klɔʃ.ʁɛ/		 clocherions
/klɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 clocheriez
/klɔ.ʃə.ʁje/		 clocheraient
/klɔʃ.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 cloche
/klɔʃ/		 cloches
/klɔʃ/		 cloche
/klɔʃ/		 clochions
/klɔ.ʃjɔ̃/		 clochiez
/klɔ.ʃje/		 clochent
/klɔʃ/
imperfect2 clochasse
/klɔ.ʃas/		 clochasses
/klɔ.ʃas/		 clochât
/klɔ.ʃa/		 clochassions
/klɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 clochassiez
/klɔ.ʃa.sje/		 clochassent
/klɔ.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cloche
/klɔʃ/		 — clochons
/klɔ.ʃɔ̃/		 clochez
/klɔ.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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