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cacher
cacher
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
- (transitive) to hide
- Où as-tu caché mon cadeau?
- Where did you hide my gift?
- Où as-tu caché mon cadeau?
- (reflexive se cacher) to hide (oneself)
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of cacher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | cacher | avoir caché | |||||
gerund | en cachant | en ayant caché | |||||
present participle | cachant /ka.ʃɑ̃/ |
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past participle | caché /ka.ʃe/ |
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person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
simple tenses |
present | cache /kaʃ/ |
caches /kaʃ/ |
cache /kaʃ/ |
cachons /ka.ʃɔ̃/ |
cachez /ka.ʃe/ |
cachent /kaʃ/ |
imperfect | cachais /ka.ʃɛ/ |
cachais /ka.ʃɛ/ |
cachait /ka.ʃɛ/ |
cachions /ka.ʃjɔ̃/ |
cachiez /ka.ʃje/ |
cachaient /ka.ʃɛ/ |
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past historic1 | cachai /ka.ʃe/ |
cachas /ka.ʃa/ |
cacha /ka.ʃa/ |
cachâmes /ka.ʃam/ |
cachâtes /ka.ʃat/ |
cachèrent /ka.ʃɛʁ/ |
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future | cacherai /kaʃ.ʁe/ |
cacheras /kaʃ.ʁa/ |
cachera /kaʃ.ʁa/ |
cacherons /kaʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
cacherez /kaʃ.ʁe/ |
cacheront /kaʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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conditional | cacherais /kaʃ.ʁɛ/ |
cacherais /kaʃ.ʁɛ/ |
cacherait /kaʃ.ʁɛ/ |
cacherions /ka.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cacheriez /ka.ʃə.ʁje/ |
cacheraient /kaʃ.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 | cache /kaʃ/ |
caches /kaʃ/ |
cache /kaʃ/ |
cachions /ka.ʃjɔ̃/ |
cachiez /ka.ʃje/ |
cachent /kaʃ/ |
imperfect1 |
cachasse /ka.ʃas/ |
cachasses /ka.ʃas/ |
cachât /ka.ʃa/ |
cachassions /ka.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
cachassiez /ka.ʃa.sje/ |
cachassent /ka.ʃas/ |
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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 | – | |
— | cache /kaʃ/ |
— | cachons /ka.ʃɔ̃/ |
cachez /ka.ʃe/ |
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Etymology 2
Borrowing from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kashér).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ʃɛʁ/
Adjective
cacher m, f (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of casher
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French cachier (“to hide”).
Verb
cacher
- 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 | ||||||
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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 | — |
Descendants
- French: cacher