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cacher

cacher

English

Noun

cacher ‎(plural cachers)

  1. One who caches.
    • 2009 March 29, Virginia Heffernan, “G.P.S. Marks the Spot”, in New York Times:
      Of “World War II — Austin,” which turns out to lead cachers to a war memorial, a poster named Sumbirdy wrote, “We enjoy virtual caches,” and then, “Thank goodness for the oldies!”)

French

Etymology 1

From Old French cachier, from Vulgar Latin *coacticāre, present active infinitive of *coacticō, ultimately from Latin coactō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʃe/

Verb

cacher

  1. (transitive) to hide
    Où as-tu caché mon cadeau?
    Where did you hide my gift?
  2. (reflexive se cacher) to hide (oneself)
Derived terms
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר ‎(kashér).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʃɛʁ/

Adjective

cacher m, f ‎(invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of casher

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French cachier ‎(“to hide”).

Verb

cacher

  1. to hide

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of cacher
simple compound
infinitive cacher avoir caché
gerund en cachant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle cachant
past participle caché
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present cache caches cache cachons cachez cachent
imperfect cachois, cachoys cachois, cachoys cachoit, cachoyt cachions, cachyons cachiez, cachyez cachoient, cachoyent
past historic cacha cachas cacha cachasmes cachastes cacherent
future cacherai, cacheray cacheras cachera cacherons cacherez cacheront
conditional cacherois, cacheroys cacherois, cacheroys cacheroit, cacheroyt cacherions, cacheryons cacheriez, cacheryez cacheroient, cacheroyent
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 anterior 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 ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present cache caches cache cachons cachez cachent
imperfect cachasse cachasses cachast cachassions cachassiez cachassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— cache — cachons cachez —

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