étancher
French
Etymology
From Old French estanchier, of uncertain origin: possibly from a Vulgar Latin *stānticāre < *stānticus < Latin stāns, stāntis. Compare Italian stanco, stancare, Spanish estancar.
Pronunciation
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Verb
étancher
- (transitive) to make watertight, to stop water from flowing
- (transitive) to quench (thirst)
- A la fontaine je m’abreuve, j’étanche ma soif.
- From the fountain I drink, I quench my thirst.
- (transitive, figuratively) to satiate, to quench, to assuage
Conjugation
Conjugation of étancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | étancher | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | étanchant /e.tɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | étanché /e.tɑ̃.ʃe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | étanche /e.tɑ̃ʃ/ |
étanches /e.tɑ̃ʃ/ |
étanche /e.tɑ̃ʃ/ |
étanchons /e.tɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
étanchez /e.tɑ̃.ʃe/ |
étanchent /e.tɑ̃ʃ/ |
imperfect | étanchais /e.tɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
étanchais /e.tɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
étanchait /e.tɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
étanchions /e.tɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
étanchiez /e.tɑ̃.ʃje/ |
étanchaient /e.tɑ̃.ʃɛ/ | |
past historic2 | étanchai /e.tɑ̃.ʃe/ |
étanchas /e.tɑ̃.ʃa/ |
étancha /e.tɑ̃.ʃa/ |
étanchâmes /e.tɑ̃.ʃam/ |
étanchâtes /e.tɑ̃.ʃat/ |
étanchèrent /e.tɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/ | |
future | étancherai /e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
étancheras /e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
étanchera /e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
étancherons /e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
étancherez /e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
étancheront /e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | étancherais /e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
étancherais /e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
étancherait /e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
étancherions /e.tɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
étancheriez /e.tɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/ |
étancheraient /e.tɑ̃ʃ.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 | étanche /e.tɑ̃ʃ/ |
étanches /e.tɑ̃ʃ/ |
étanche /e.tɑ̃ʃ/ |
étanchions /e.tɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
étanchiez /e.tɑ̃.ʃje/ |
étanchent /e.tɑ̃ʃ/ |
imperfect2 | étanchasse /e.tɑ̃.ʃas/ |
étanchasses /e.tɑ̃.ʃas/ |
étanchât /e.tɑ̃.ʃa/ |
étanchassions /e.tɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
étanchassiez /e.tɑ̃.ʃa.sje/ |
étanchassent /e.tɑ̃.ʃas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | étanche /e.tɑ̃ʃ/ |
— | étanchons /e.tɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
étanchez /e.tɑ̃.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
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Further reading
- “étancher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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