tacher
See also: tâcher
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French tachier, techier, from Vulgar Latin *tagicare, from Latin taxāre (“to feel, touch”). Doublet of taxer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.ʃe/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: tâcher
Verb
tacher
- to soil or stain
- to tarnish one's reputation
Conjugation
Conjugation of tacher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tacher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tachant /ta.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | taché /ta.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tache /taʃ/ |
taches /taʃ/ |
tache /taʃ/ |
tachons /ta.ʃɔ̃/ |
tachez /ta.ʃe/ |
tachent /taʃ/ |
| imperfect | tachais /ta.ʃɛ/ |
tachais /ta.ʃɛ/ |
tachait /ta.ʃɛ/ |
tachions /ta.ʃjɔ̃/ |
tachiez /ta.ʃje/ |
tachaient /ta.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tachai /ta.ʃe/ |
tachas /ta.ʃa/ |
tacha /ta.ʃa/ |
tachâmes /ta.ʃam/ |
tachâtes /ta.ʃat/ |
tachèrent /ta.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | tacherai /taʃ.ʁe/ |
tacheras /taʃ.ʁa/ |
tachera /taʃ.ʁa/ |
tacherons /taʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
tacherez /taʃ.ʁe/ |
tacheront /taʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tacherais /taʃ.ʁɛ/ |
tacherais /taʃ.ʁɛ/ |
tacherait /taʃ.ʁɛ/ |
tacherions /ta.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tacheriez /ta.ʃə.ʁje/ |
tacheraient /taʃ.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 | tache /taʃ/ |
taches /taʃ/ |
tache /taʃ/ |
tachions /ta.ʃjɔ̃/ |
tachiez /ta.ʃje/ |
tachent /taʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | tachasse /ta.ʃas/ |
tachasses /ta.ʃas/ |
tachât /ta.ʃa/ |
tachassions /ta.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
tachassiez /ta.ʃa.sje/ |
tachassent /ta.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tache /taʃ/ |
— | tachons /ta.ʃɔ̃/ |
tachez /ta.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
- “tacher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French attacher (“to attach”).
Verb
tacher
- (Saint-Domingue) to attach
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: tache
References
- S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île
Polish
Alternative forms
- tachir (Middle Polish)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish tacher.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -axɛr
- Syllabification: ta‧cher
Noun
tacher m inan
Declension
Declension of tacher
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tacher | tachry |
| genitive | tachra/tachru | tachrów |
| dative | tachrowi | tachrom |
| accusative | tacher | tachry |
| instrumental | tachrem | tachrami |
| locative | tachrze | tachrach |
| vocative | tachrze | tachry |
Derived terms
verbs
- tachrować impf
Further reading
- tacher in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tacher in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “TACHER”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (01.02.2015) “TACHER”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “tacher”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 5
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “tacher”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna