luncher
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌntʃə(ɹ)
Noun
luncher (plural lunchers)
- Someone who lunches; someone who eats lunch.
- 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 30:
- The knowledge of envy was a pleasant feeling to the man of no account. It was intensified later in the day when a luncher at the Club said, spitefully, “Well, for a debilitated Ditcher, Yeere, you are going it.”
- 2014, John Howard Reid, Merryll Manning: A Brush with Death, page 80:
- Late lunchers had the pick of the menu.
- One who treats another person to lunch.
- Coordinate term: lunchee
- 2008, Stephen Bayley, Roger Mavity, Life's a Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Brilliant Ideas, page 213:
- If the luncher, choose venue carefully, reconnoitre loos. If lunchee, be prompt, but not early.
Alternative forms
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
luncher
- to lunch
Conjugation
Conjugation of luncher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | luncher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | lunchant /lœ̃.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | lunché /lœ̃.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | lunche /lœ̃ʃ/ |
lunches /lœ̃ʃ/ |
lunche /lœ̃ʃ/ |
lunchons /lœ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
lunchez /lœ̃.ʃe/ |
lunchent /lœ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect | lunchais /lœ̃.ʃɛ/ |
lunchais /lœ̃.ʃɛ/ |
lunchait /lœ̃.ʃɛ/ |
lunchions /lœ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
lunchiez /lœ̃.ʃje/ |
lunchaient /lœ̃.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | lunchai /lœ̃.ʃe/ |
lunchas /lœ̃.ʃa/ |
luncha /lœ̃.ʃa/ |
lunchâmes /lœ̃.ʃam/ |
lunchâtes /lœ̃.ʃat/ |
lunchèrent /lœ̃.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | luncherai /lœ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
luncheras /lœ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
lunchera /lœ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
luncherons /lœ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
luncherez /lœ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
luncheront /lœ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | luncherais /lœ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
luncherais /lœ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
luncherait /lœ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
luncherions /lœ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
luncheriez /lœ̃.ʃə.ʁje/ |
luncheraient /lœ̃ʃ.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 | lunche /lœ̃ʃ/ |
lunches /lœ̃ʃ/ |
lunche /lœ̃ʃ/ |
lunchions /lœ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
lunchiez /lœ̃.ʃje/ |
lunchent /lœ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | lunchasse /lœ̃.ʃas/ |
lunchasses /lœ̃.ʃas/ |
lunchât /lœ̃.ʃa/ |
lunchassions /lœ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
lunchassiez /lœ̃.ʃa.sje/ |
lunchassent /lœ̃.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | lunche /lœ̃ʃ/ |
— | lunchons /lœ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
lunchez /lœ̃.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “luncher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Noun
luncher
- indefinite plural of lunch