cacher
English
Etymology
Noun
cacher (plural cachers)
- One who caches.
- 2009 March 29, Virginia Heffernan, “G.P.S. Marks the Spot”, in New York Times[1]:
- Of “World War II — Austin,” which turns out to lead cachers to a war memorial, a poster named Sumbirdy wrote, “We enjoy virtual caches,” and then, “Thank goodness for the oldies!”)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
cacher
- indefinite plural of cache
French
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old French cachier, from Vulgar Latin *coacticāre, from Latin coactāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ʃe/
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Verb
cacher
- (transitive) to hide
- Je n’ai rien à vous cacher.
- I have nothing to hide from you.
- Où as-tu caché mon cadeau?
- Where did you hide my gift?
- 1871, Émile Zola, chapter 3, in La Fortune des Rougon, Paris: G. Charpentier:
- Quand Eugène fut parti, Félicité essaya de pénétrer le secret qu’on lui cachait.
- When Eugene left, Felicite tried to uncover the secret that they were hiding from her.
- (reflexive se cacher) to hide (oneself)
- Personne ne savait qu'il était là, donc il a dû se cacher.
- No one knew he was there, so he had to hide.
Conjugation
Conjugation of cacher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | cacher | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | cachant /ka.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | caché /ka.ʃe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | cache /kaʃ/ |
caches /kaʃ/ |
cache /kaʃ/ |
cachons /ka.ʃɔ̃/ |
cachez /ka.ʃe/ |
cachent /kaʃ/ |
imperfect | cachais /ka.ʃɛ/ |
cachais /ka.ʃɛ/ |
cachait /ka.ʃɛ/ |
cachions /ka.ʃjɔ̃/ |
cachiez /ka.ʃje/ |
cachaient /ka.ʃɛ/ | |
past historic2 | cachai /ka.ʃe/ |
cachas /ka.ʃa/ |
cacha /ka.ʃa/ |
cachâmes /ka.ʃam/ |
cachâtes /ka.ʃat/ |
cachèrent /ka.ʃɛʁ/ | |
future | cacherai /kaʃ.ʁe/ |
cacheras /kaʃ.ʁa/ |
cachera /kaʃ.ʁa/ |
cacherons /kaʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
cacherez /kaʃ.ʁe/ |
cacheront /kaʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | cacherais /kaʃ.ʁɛ/ |
cacherais /kaʃ.ʁɛ/ |
cacherait /kaʃ.ʁɛ/ |
cacherions /ka.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cacheriez /ka.ʃə.ʁje/ |
cacheraient /kaʃ.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 | cache /kaʃ/ |
caches /kaʃ/ |
cache /kaʃ/ |
cachions /ka.ʃjɔ̃/ |
cachiez /ka.ʃje/ |
cachent /kaʃ/ |
imperfect2 | cachasse /ka.ʃas/ |
cachasses /ka.ʃas/ |
cachât /ka.ʃa/ |
cachassions /ka.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
cachassiez /ka.ʃa.sje/ |
cachassent /ka.ʃas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cache /kaʃ/ |
— | cachons /ka.ʃɔ̃/ |
cachez /ka.ʃe/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- cache
- caché
- cache-cache
- cache-sexe
- cacher son jeu
- caméra cachée
- face cachée
- un train peut en cacher un autre
- cachez ce X que je ne saurais voir
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kashér).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ʃɛʁ/
Adjective
cacher (invariable)
- alternative spelling of casher
Further reading
- “cacher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French cachier.
Verb
cacher
- to hide
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of cacher
infinitive | simple | cacher | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | cachant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | caché | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | cache | caches | cache | cachons | cachez | cachent |
imperfect | cachois, cachoys | cachois, cachoys | cachoit, cachoyt | cachions, cachyons | cachiez, cachyez | cachoient, cachoyent | |
past historic | cacha | cachas | cacha | cachasmes | cachastes | cacherent | |
future | cacherai, cacheray | cacheras | cachera | cacherons | cacherez | cacheront | |
conditional | cacherois, cacheroys | cacherois, cacheroys | cacheroit, cacheroyt | cacherions, cacheryons | cacheriez, cacheryez | cacheroient, cacheroyent | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | cache | caches | cache | cachons | cachez | cachent |
imperfect | cachasse | cachasses | cachast | cachassions | cachassiez | cachassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cache | — | cachons | cachez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
Descendants
- French: cacher
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
cacher m
- indefinite plural of cache