tricher
French
Etymology
From Old French trichier, tricher, probably from Vulgar Latin *triccāre, from Late Latin tricāre, from Latin trīcor, trīcārī (“behave in an evasive manner, search for detours; trifle, delay”), from trīcae. Related to Italian treccare, Old Occitan trichar, Catalan and Occitan trigar, Portuguese trigar. Alternatively possibly of ultimately Germanic origin; compare also English trick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁi.ʃe/
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Verb
tricher
- to cheat
- Je l'ai vu tricher pendant le devoir surveillé.
- I saw him cheating during the test.
Conjugation
present participle | trichant /tʁi.ʃɑ̃/ | ||||||
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past participle | triché /tʁi.ʃe/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | tricher | ||||||
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | trichant /tʁi.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 | triche /tʁiʃ/ |
triches /tʁiʃ/ |
triche /tʁiʃ/ |
trichons /tʁi.ʃɔ̃/ |
trichez /tʁi.ʃe/ |
trichent /tʁiʃ/ |
imperfect | trichais /tʁi.ʃɛ/ |
trichais /tʁi.ʃɛ/ |
trichait /tʁi.ʃɛ/ |
trichions /tʁi.ʃjɔ̃/ |
trichiez /tʁi.ʃje/ |
trichaient /tʁi.ʃɛ/ | |
past historic2 | trichai /tʁi.ʃe/ |
trichas /tʁi.ʃa/ |
tricha /tʁi.ʃa/ |
trichâmes /tʁi.ʃam/ |
trichâtes /tʁi.ʃat/ |
trichèrent /tʁi.ʃɛʁ/ | |
future | tricherai /tʁiʃ.ʁe/ |
tricheras /tʁiʃ.ʁa/ |
trichera /tʁiʃ.ʁa/ |
tricherons /tʁiʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
tricherez /tʁiʃ.ʁe/ |
tricheront /tʁiʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | tricherais /tʁiʃ.ʁɛ/ |
tricherais /tʁiʃ.ʁɛ/ |
tricherait /tʁiʃ.ʁɛ/ |
tricherions /tʁi.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tricheriez /tʁi.ʃə.ʁje/ |
tricheraient /tʁiʃ.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 | triche /tʁiʃ/ |
triches /tʁiʃ/ |
triche /tʁiʃ/ |
trichions /tʁi.ʃjɔ̃/ |
trichiez /tʁi.ʃje/ |
trichent /tʁiʃ/ |
imperfect2 | trichasse /tʁi.ʃas/ |
trichasses /tʁi.ʃas/ |
trichât /tʁi.ʃa/ |
trichassions /tʁi.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
trichassiez /tʁi.ʃa.sje/ |
trichassent /tʁi.ʃas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | triche /tʁiʃ/ |
— | trichons /tʁi.ʃɔ̃/ |
trichez /tʁi.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). |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tricher” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | tricher | avoir triché | |||||
gerund | en trichant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | trichant | ||||||
past participle | triché | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | triche | triches | triche | trichons | trichez | trichent |
imperfect | trichoie, tricheie, trichoe, tricheve | trichoies, tricheies, trichoes, tricheves | trichoit, tricheit, trichot, tricheve | trichiiens, trichiens | trichiiez, trichiez | trichoient, tricheient, trichoent, trichevent | |
preterite | trichai | trichas | tricha | trichames | trichastes | tricherent | |
future | tricherai | tricheras | trichera | tricherons | tricheroiz, trichereiz, tricherez | tricheront | |
conditional | tricheroie, trichereie | tricheroies, trichereies | tricheroit, trichereit | tricheriiens, tricheriens | tricheriiez, tricheriez | tricheroient, trichereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | triche | triches | triche | trichons | trichez | trichent |
imperfect | trichasse | trichasses | trichast | trichissons, trichissiens | trichissoiz, trichissez, trichissiez | trichassent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | triche | — | trichons | trichez | — |