percher
English
Etymology 1
From perch (“a kind of fish”).
Etymology 2
From perch (verb).
Noun
percher (plural perchers)
- One that perches.
- 1999, Milton W. Weller, Wetland Birds: Habitat Resources and Conservation Implications
- Ground roosters like Northern Harriers may be subject to predation by Great-horned Owls […] but still larger perchers like herons and Ospreys use snags or posts in conspicuous places but are large enough to escape aerial predators.
- 1999, Milton W. Weller, Wetland Birds: Habitat Resources and Conservation Implications
Etymology 3
From perch (“a device over which cloth is suspended for inspection”).
Etymology 4
From Middle English percher; equivalent to perch (“bar to support a candle”) + -er.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ.ʃe/
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Conjugation
Conjugation of percher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | perchant /pɛʁ.ʃɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | perché /pɛʁ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | percher | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | perchant /pɛʁ.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 | perche /pɛʁʃ/ |
perches /pɛʁʃ/ |
perche /pɛʁʃ/ |
perchons /pɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/ |
perchez /pɛʁ.ʃe/ |
perchent /pɛʁʃ/ |
| imperfect | perchais /pɛʁ.ʃɛ/ |
perchais /pɛʁ.ʃɛ/ |
perchait /pɛʁ.ʃɛ/ |
perchions /pɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
perchiez /pɛʁ.ʃje/ |
perchaient /pɛʁ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | perchai /pɛʁ.ʃe/ |
perchas /pɛʁ.ʃa/ |
percha /pɛʁ.ʃa/ |
perchâmes /pɛʁ.ʃam/ |
perchâtes /pɛʁ.ʃat/ |
perchèrent /pɛʁ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | percherai /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ |
percheras /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ |
perchera /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ |
percherons /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
percherez /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ |
percheront /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | percherais /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
percherais /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
percherait /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
percherions /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
percheriez /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
percheraient /pɛʁ.ʃə.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 | perche /pɛʁʃ/ |
perches /pɛʁʃ/ |
perche /pɛʁʃ/ |
perchions /pɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
perchiez /pɛʁ.ʃje/ |
perchent /pɛʁʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | perchasse /pɛʁ.ʃas/ |
perchasses /pɛʁ.ʃas/ |
perchât /pɛʁ.ʃa/ |
perchassions /pɛʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
perchassiez /pɛʁ.ʃa.sje/ |
perchassent /pɛʁ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | perche /pɛʁʃ/ |
— | perchons /pɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/ |
perchez /pɛʁ.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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “percher” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpərtʃər(ə)/
Descendants
- English: percher
References
- “percher (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-09.
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