doucher
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
doucher (plural douchers)
- (slang, humorous) A douchebag; a contemptible person.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du.ʃe/
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Verb
doucher
Conjugation
Conjugation of doucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | doucher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | douchant /du.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | douché /du.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | douche /duʃ/ |
douches /duʃ/ |
douche /duʃ/ |
douchons /du.ʃɔ̃/ |
douchez /du.ʃe/ |
douchent /duʃ/ |
| imperfect | douchais /du.ʃɛ/ |
douchais /du.ʃɛ/ |
douchait /du.ʃɛ/ |
douchions /du.ʃjɔ̃/ |
douchiez /du.ʃje/ |
douchaient /du.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | douchai /du.ʃe/ |
douchas /du.ʃa/ |
doucha /du.ʃa/ |
douchâmes /du.ʃam/ |
douchâtes /du.ʃat/ |
douchèrent /du.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | doucherai /duʃ.ʁe/ |
doucheras /duʃ.ʁa/ |
douchera /duʃ.ʁa/ |
doucherons /duʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
doucherez /duʃ.ʁe/ |
doucheront /duʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | doucherais /duʃ.ʁɛ/ |
doucherais /duʃ.ʁɛ/ |
doucherait /duʃ.ʁɛ/ |
doucherions /du.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
doucheriez /du.ʃə.ʁje/ |
doucheraient /duʃ.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 | douche /duʃ/ |
douches /duʃ/ |
douche /duʃ/ |
douchions /du.ʃjɔ̃/ |
douchiez /du.ʃje/ |
douchent /duʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | douchasse /du.ʃas/ |
douchasses /du.ʃas/ |
douchât /du.ʃa/ |
douchassions /du.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
douchassiez /du.ʃa.sje/ |
douchassent /du.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | douche /duʃ/ |
— | douchons /du.ʃɔ̃/ |
douchez /du.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). | |||||||
Conjugation of se doucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se doucher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se douchant /sə du.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | douché /du.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me douche /mə duʃ/ |
te douches /tə duʃ/ |
se douche /sə duʃ/ |
nous douchons /nu du.ʃɔ̃/ |
vous douchez /vu du.ʃe/ |
se douchent /sə duʃ/ |
| imperfect | me douchais /mə du.ʃɛ/ |
te douchais /tə du.ʃɛ/ |
se douchait /sə du.ʃɛ/ |
nous douchions /nu du.ʃjɔ̃/ |
vous douchiez /vu du.ʃje/ |
se douchaient /sə du.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me douchai /mə du.ʃe/ |
te douchas /tə du.ʃa/ |
se doucha /sə du.ʃa/ |
nous douchâmes /nu du.ʃam/ |
vous douchâtes /vu du.ʃat/ |
se douchèrent /sə du.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | me doucherai /mə duʃ.ʁe/ |
te doucheras /tə duʃ.ʁa/ |
se douchera /sə duʃ.ʁa/ |
nous doucherons /nu duʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous doucherez /vu duʃ.ʁe/ |
se doucheront /sə duʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me doucherais /mə duʃ.ʁɛ/ |
te doucherais /tə duʃ.ʁɛ/ |
se doucherait /sə duʃ.ʁɛ/ |
nous doucherions /nu du.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous doucheriez /vu du.ʃə.ʁje/ |
se doucheraient /sə duʃ.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me douche /mə duʃ/ |
te douches /tə duʃ/ |
se douche /sə duʃ/ |
nous douchions /nu du.ʃjɔ̃/ |
vous douchiez /vu du.ʃje/ |
se douchent /sə duʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | me douchasse /mə du.ʃas/ |
te douchasses /tə du.ʃas/ |
se douchât /sə du.ʃa/ |
nous douchassions /nu du.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
vous douchassiez /vu du.ʃa.sje/ |
se douchassent /sə du.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | douche-toi /duʃ.twa/ |
— | douchons-nous /du.ʃɔ̃.nu/ |
douchez-vous /du.ʃe.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “doucher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.