plucher

French

Alternative forms

• pelucher

Etymology

From peluche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ply.ʃe/

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Verb

plucher

1. to fluff up, to become fluffy

Conjugation

Conjugation of plucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	plucher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pluchant /ply.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pluché /ply.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pluche /plyʃ/	pluches /plyʃ/	pluche /plyʃ/	pluchons /ply.ʃɔ̃/	pluchez /ply.ʃe/	pluchent /plyʃ/
	imperfect	pluchais /ply.ʃɛ/	pluchais /ply.ʃɛ/	pluchait /ply.ʃɛ/	pluchions /ply.ʃjɔ̃/	pluchiez /ply.ʃje/	pluchaient /ply.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	pluchai /ply.ʃe/	pluchas /ply.ʃa/	plucha /ply.ʃa/	pluchâmes /ply.ʃam/	pluchâtes /ply.ʃat/	pluchèrent /ply.ʃɛʁ/
	future	plucherai /plyʃ.ʁe/	plucheras /plyʃ.ʁa/	pluchera /plyʃ.ʁa/	plucherons /plyʃ.ʁɔ̃/	plucherez /plyʃ.ʁe/	plucheront /plyʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	plucherais /plyʃ.ʁɛ/	plucherais /plyʃ.ʁɛ/	plucherait /plyʃ.ʁɛ/	plucherions /ply.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	plucheriez /ply.ʃə.ʁje/	plucheraient /plyʃ.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	pluche /plyʃ/	pluches /plyʃ/	pluche /plyʃ/	pluchions /ply.ʃjɔ̃/	pluchiez /ply.ʃje/	pluchent /plyʃ/
	imperfect2	pluchasse /ply.ʃas/	pluchasses /ply.ʃas/	pluchât /ply.ʃa/	pluchassions /ply.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	pluchassiez /ply.ʃa.sje/	pluchassent /ply.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pluche /plyʃ/	—	pluchons /ply.ʃɔ̃/	pluchez /ply.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).