cachier

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin captiāre, present active infinitive of captiō (“I capture”), from Latin captō. Compare Old French chacier.

Verb

cachier

1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of cacier. to catch, capture (animals)

Conjugation

• This verb conjugates the same as other verbs ending -er. However, the 'i' is dropped for most of the conjugated forms. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of cachier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cachier			avoir cachié, cachiez
gerund		en cachant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		cachant
past participle		cachié, cachiez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	cache	caches	cache	cachions	cachiez, cachiés	cachent
	imperfect	cachoe, cacheie, cachoie	cachoes, cacheies, cachoies	cachot, cacheit, cachoit	cachions, cachiions	cachiez, cachiiez	cachoent, cachient, cachoient
	past historic	cacha	cachas	cacha	cachames	cachastes	cacherent
	future	cachierai	cachieras	cachiera	cachierons	cachierez, cachiereiz	cachieront
	conditional	cacheroe, cachereie, cacheroie	cacheroes, cachereied, cacheroied	cacherot, cachereie, cacheroie	cacherions, cacheriions	cacheriez, cacheriiez	cacheroent, cachereient, cacheroient
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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	cache	caches	cache	cachons	cachez	cachent
	imperfect	cachasse	cachasses	cachast	cachissons	cachissez, cachissiez	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	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	cache	—	cachions	cachiez	—

Descendants

• Middle English: cacchen
  • English: catch

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Picard

Etymology

From Late Latin captiō, captiāre (“capture”), from Latin captō, captāre.

Verb

cachier

1. to hunt