trichier
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably Vulgar Latin *triccāre, from Late Latin trīcāre, from Latin trīcor, trīcārī (“behave in an evasive manner, search for detours; trifle, delay”), from trīcae. Compare Italian treccare, Old Occitan trichar, Catalan and Occitan trigar, Portuguese trigar. Alternatively possibly of ultimately Germanic origin; compare also English trick.
Verb
trichier
- to cheat (break the rules)
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 60 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, line 284:
- M'amur vers li ne pois trichier
- I can't cheat the love I have for her
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- to trick; to fool; to deceive
- circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Cligès':
- einz se painne de lui trichier
- one does everything one can to trick him
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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 | trichier | avoir trichié | |||||
gerund | en trichant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | trichant | ||||||
past participle | trichié | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | triche | triches | triche | trichons | trichiez | trichent |
imperfect | trichoie, tricheie, trichoe, trichieve | trichoies, tricheies, trichoes, trichieves | trichoit, tricheit, trichot, trichieve | trichiiens, trichiens | trichiiez, trichiez | trichoient, tricheient, trichoent, trichievent | |
preterite | trichai | trichas | tricha | trichames | trichastes | trichierent | |
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 | trichiez | 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 | trichiez | — |
Derived terms
Descendants
- French: tricher