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trancher
trancher
French
Verb
trancher
- (transitive) to slice, to cut into slices
- (transitive, literary) to complete, conclude
- Il a tranché ses jours.
- He has concluded his days on earth.
- Il a tranché ses jours.
- (transitive, figuratively) to decide, to settle, to address
- (intransitive) to rule, make a ruling, come to a decision
- (intransitive, pejorative, with de) to behave or comport oneself (as if one were)
- Le compte trancha du grand seigneur.
- The count comported himself as if he were God Almighty.
- Le compte trancha du grand seigneur.
- (intransitive, with avec, sur) to contrast (with), stand out (against)
- (intransitive, with dans) to stand out (in)
Conjugation
Conjugation of trancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | trancher | avoir tranché | |||||
| gerund | en tranchant | en ayant tranché | |||||
| present participle | tranchant /tʁɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tranché /tʁɑ̃.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 | tranche /tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
tranches /tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
tranche /tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
tranchons /tʁɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
tranchez /tʁɑ̃.ʃe/ |
tranchent /tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect | tranchais /tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
tranchais /tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
tranchait /tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
tranchions /tʁɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
tranchiez /tʁɑ̃.ʃje/ |
tranchaient /tʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | tranchai /tʁɑ̃.ʃe/ |
tranchas /tʁɑ̃.ʃa/ |
trancha /tʁɑ̃.ʃa/ |
tranchâmes /tʁɑ̃.ʃam/ |
tranchâtes /tʁɑ̃.ʃat/ |
tranchèrent /tʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| future | trancherai /tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
trancheras /tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
tranchera /tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
trancherons /tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
trancherez /tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
trancheront /tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | trancherais /tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
trancherais /tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
trancherait /tʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
trancherions /tʁɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
trancheriez /tʁɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/ |
trancheraient /tʁɑ̃ʃ.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 | tranche /tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
tranches /tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
tranche /tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
tranchions /tʁɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
tranchiez /tʁɑ̃.ʃje/ |
tranchent /tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
tranchasse /tʁɑ̃.ʃas/ |
tranchasses /tʁɑ̃.ʃas/ |
tranchât /tʁɑ̃.ʃa/ |
tranchassions /tʁɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
tranchassiez /tʁɑ̃.ʃa.sje/ |
tranchassent /tʁɑ̃.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 | – | |
| — | tranche /tʁɑ̃ʃ/ |
— | tranchons /tʁɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
tranchez /tʁɑ̃.ʃe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
See also
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French trenchier.
Verb
trancher
- to cut off (remove by cutting)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of trancher
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | trancher | avoir tranché | |||||
| gerund | en tranchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tranchant | ||||||
| past participle | tranché | ||||||
| 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 | tranche | tranches | tranche | tranchons | tranchez | tranchent |
| imperfect | tranchois, tranchoys | tranchois, tranchoys | tranchoit, tranchoyt | tranchions, tranchyons | tranchiez, tranchyez | tranchoient, tranchoyent | |
| past historic | trancha | tranchas | trancha | tranchasmes | tranchastes | trancherent | |
| future | trancherai, trancheray | trancheras | tranchera | trancherons | trancherez | trancheront | |
| conditional | trancherois, trancheroys | trancherois, trancheroys | trancheroit, trancheroyt | trancherions, trancheryons | trancheriez, trancheryez | trancheroient, trancheroyent | |
| 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 | tranche | tranches | tranche | tranchons | tranchez | tranchent |
| imperfect | tranchasse | tranchasses | tranchast | tranchassions | tranchassiez | tranchassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | tranche | — | tranchons | tranchez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: trancher