matcher
English
Etymology
From match + -er. Cognate with Old Frisian mekere (“matchmaker”).
Noun
matcher (plural matchers)
- One who who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages or relationships for others; a matchmaker.
- Something that matches.
- There are multiple sets of matchers for various types of searches.
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Pronunciation
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Verb
matcher
Conjugation
Conjugation of matcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | matcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | matchant /mat.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | matché /mat.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | matche /matʃ/ |
matches /matʃ/ |
matche /matʃ/ |
matchons /mat.ʃɔ̃/ |
matchez /mat.ʃe/ |
matchent /matʃ/ |
| imperfect | matchais /mat.ʃɛ/ |
matchais /mat.ʃɛ/ |
matchait /mat.ʃɛ/ |
matchions /mat.ʃjɔ̃/ |
matchiez /mat.ʃje/ |
matchaient /mat.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | matchai /mat.ʃe/ |
matchas /mat.ʃa/ |
matcha /mat.ʃa/ |
matchâmes /mat.ʃam/ |
matchâtes /mat.ʃat/ |
matchèrent /mat.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | matcherai /mat.ʃə.ʁe/ |
matcheras /mat.ʃə.ʁa/ |
matchera /mat.ʃə.ʁa/ |
matcherons /mat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
matcherez /mat.ʃə.ʁe/ |
matcheront /mat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | matcherais /mat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
matcherais /mat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
matcherait /mat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
matcherions /mat.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
matcheriez /mat.ʃə.ʁje/ |
matcheraient /mat.ʃə.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 | matche /matʃ/ |
matches /matʃ/ |
matche /matʃ/ |
matchions /mat.ʃjɔ̃/ |
matchiez /mat.ʃje/ |
matchent /matʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | matchasse /mat.ʃas/ |
matchasses /mat.ʃas/ |
matchât /mat.ʃa/ |
matchassions /mat.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
matchassiez /mat.ʃa.sje/ |
matchassent /mat.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | matche /matʃ/ |
— | matchons /mat.ʃɔ̃/ |
matchez /mat.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
- “matcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
matcher
- present of matche
Swedish
Noun
matcher
- indefinite plural of match