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échoir
échoir
French
Verb
échoir
- (intransitive) to befall, to happen by chance
- Cela lui est échu en partage.
- It fell to his lot.
- Cela lui est échu en partage.
- (intransitive, law, obsolete) to become necessary (only used in the phrase le cas échéant)
- (intransitive, of an invoice) to become payable, to be due
- Le mode de facturation est à terme échu, car le calcul est basé sur l'utilisation mensuelle.
- The invoicing is presented in arrears, since the calculation is based on the monthly usage.
- Le mode de facturation est à terme échu, car le calcul est basé sur l'utilisation mensuelle.
Conjugation
This verb is defective and is only conjugated in the third-person.
Conjugation of échoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | échoir | avoir échu | |||||
| gerund | en échéant | en ayant échu | |||||
| present participle | échéant /e.ʃe.ɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | échu /e.ʃy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | échoit or échet /e.ʃwa/ or /e.ʃɛ/ |
— | — | échoient or échettent /e.ʃwa/ or /e.ʃɛt/ |
| imperfect | — | — | échoyait /e.ʃwa.jɛ/ |
— | — | échoyaient /e.ʃwa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | — | — |
échut /e.ʃy/ |
— | — |
échurent /e.ʃyʁ/ |
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| future | — | — | échoira /e.ʃwa.ʁa/ |
— | — | échoiront /e.ʃwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | — | — | échoirait /e.ʃwa.ʁɛ/ |
— | — | échoiraient /e.ʃwa.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | échoie /e.ʃwa/ |
— | — | échoient /e.ʃwa/ |
| imperfect1 | — | — |
échût /e.ʃy/ |
— | — |
échussent /e.ʃys/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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