pecher

See also: pécher and pêcher

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pechier, from Latin pecco, peccare.

Verb

pecher

1. to sin (commit sin)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of pecher

infinitive	simple	pecher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	pechant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		peché
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	peche	peches	peche	pechons	pechez	pechent
	imperfect	pechois, pechoys	pechois, pechoys	pechoit, pechoyt	pechions, pechyons	pechiez, pechyez	pechoient, pechoyent
	past historic	pecha	pechas	pecha	pechasmes	pechastes	pecherent
	future	pecherai, pecheray	pecheras	pechera	pecherons	pecherez	pecheront
	conditional	pecherois, pecheroys	pecherois, pecheroys	pecheroit, pecheroyt	pecherions, pecheryons	pecheriez, pecheryez	pecheroient, pecheroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	peche	peches	peche	pechons	pechez	pechent
	imperfect	pechasse	pechasses	pechast	pechassions	pechassiez	pechassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	peche	—	pechons	pechez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Related terms

• peché

Descendants

• French: pécher