retrancher
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe/
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Verb
retrancher
- (transitive) to deduct, take away, cut out (delete)
- (intransitive) to cut down
- retrancher sur l'alcool ― cut down [one's] alcohol
- (transitive) to cut off (exclude, from e.g. society)
- (archaic, transitive) to kill, to snuff out, to bump off
- (reflexive) to take shelter
- (reflexive, military) to entrench oneself
Conjugation
Conjugation of retrancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | retrancher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | retranchant /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | retranché /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | retranche /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
retranches /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
retranche /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
retranchons /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
retranchez /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe/ |
retranchent /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect | retranchais /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
retranchais /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
retranchait /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
retranchions /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
retranchiez /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃje/ |
retranchaient /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | retranchai /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe/ |
retranchas /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃa/ |
retrancha /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃa/ |
retranchâmes /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃam/ |
retranchâtes /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃat/ |
retranchèrent /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | retrancherai /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
retrancheras /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
retranchera /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
retrancherons /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
retrancherez /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
retrancheront /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | retrancherais /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
retrancherais /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
retrancherait /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
retrancherions /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retrancheriez /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/ |
retrancheraient /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ.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 | retranche /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
retranches /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
retranche /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
retranchions /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
retranchiez /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃje/ |
retranchent /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | retranchasse /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃas/ |
retranchasses /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃas/ |
retranchât /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃa/ |
retranchassions /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
retranchassiez /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃa.sje/ |
retranchassent /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | retranche /ʁə.tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
— | retranchons /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
retranchez /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.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
Further reading
- “retrancher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.