boucher

See also: Boucher

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ʃe/

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Etymology 1

From Old French bouchier, from bouc (“goat”), of Germanic origin.

Noun

boucher m (plural bouchers, feminine bouchère)

1. butcher

Derived terms

• feuille de boucher
• louchébem

Related terms

• bouche
• boucherie

Etymology 2

See bouche

Verb

boucher

1. to cork up
2. to bung
3. to block up

Conjugation

Conjugation of boucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	boucher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bouchant /bu.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bouché /bu.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bouche /buʃ/	bouches /buʃ/	bouche /buʃ/	bouchons /bu.ʃɔ̃/	bouchez /bu.ʃe/	bouchent /buʃ/
	imperfect	bouchais /bu.ʃɛ/	bouchais /bu.ʃɛ/	bouchait /bu.ʃɛ/	bouchions /bu.ʃjɔ̃/	bouchiez /bu.ʃje/	bouchaient /bu.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	bouchai /bu.ʃe/	bouchas /bu.ʃa/	boucha /bu.ʃa/	bouchâmes /bu.ʃam/	bouchâtes /bu.ʃat/	bouchèrent /bu.ʃɛʁ/
	future	boucherai /buʃ.ʁe/	boucheras /buʃ.ʁa/	bouchera /buʃ.ʁa/	boucherons /buʃ.ʁɔ̃/	boucherez /buʃ.ʁe/	boucheront /buʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	boucherais /buʃ.ʁɛ/	boucherais /buʃ.ʁɛ/	boucherait /buʃ.ʁɛ/	boucherions /bu.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	boucheriez /bu.ʃə.ʁje/	boucheraient /buʃ.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	bouche /buʃ/	bouches /buʃ/	bouche /buʃ/	bouchions /bu.ʃjɔ̃/	bouchiez /bu.ʃje/	bouchent /buʃ/
	imperfect2	bouchasse /bu.ʃas/	bouchasses /bu.ʃas/	bouchât /bu.ʃa/	bouchassions /bu.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	bouchassiez /bu.ʃa.sje/	bouchassent /bu.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bouche /buʃ/	—	bouchons /bu.ʃɔ̃/	bouchez /bu.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• en boucher un coin

Related terms

• bouchon

See also

• bûcher

Further reading

• “boucher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

boucher

1. Alternative form of bocher