aboucher

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ bouche +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bu.ʃe/

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Verb

aboucher

1. (archaic) to put or get in contact or communication
2. (archaic) to touch via an opening
3. (obsolete, takes a reflexive pronoun) to put the mouth close to
4. (obsolete) to talk with

Conjugation

Conjugation of aboucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	aboucher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	abouchant /a.bu.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		abouché /a.bu.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	abouche /a.buʃ/	abouches /a.buʃ/	abouche /a.buʃ/	abouchons /a.bu.ʃɔ̃/	abouchez /a.bu.ʃe/	abouchent /a.buʃ/
	imperfect	abouchais /a.bu.ʃɛ/	abouchais /a.bu.ʃɛ/	abouchait /a.bu.ʃɛ/	abouchions /a.bu.ʃjɔ̃/	abouchiez /a.bu.ʃje/	abouchaient /a.bu.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	abouchai /a.bu.ʃe/	abouchas /a.bu.ʃa/	aboucha /a.bu.ʃa/	abouchâmes /a.bu.ʃam/	abouchâtes /a.bu.ʃat/	abouchèrent /a.bu.ʃɛʁ/
	future	aboucherai /a.buʃ.ʁe/	aboucheras /a.buʃ.ʁa/	abouchera /a.buʃ.ʁa/	aboucherons /a.buʃ.ʁɔ̃/	aboucherez /a.buʃ.ʁe/	aboucheront /a.buʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	aboucherais /a.buʃ.ʁɛ/	aboucherais /a.buʃ.ʁɛ/	aboucherait /a.buʃ.ʁɛ/	aboucherions /a.bu.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	aboucheriez /a.bu.ʃə.ʁje/	aboucheraient /a.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	abouche /a.buʃ/	abouches /a.buʃ/	abouche /a.buʃ/	abouchions /a.bu.ʃjɔ̃/	abouchiez /a.bu.ʃje/	abouchent /a.buʃ/
	imperfect2	abouchasse /a.bu.ʃas/	abouchasses /a.bu.ʃas/	abouchât /a.bu.ʃa/	abouchassions /a.bu.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	abouchassiez /a.bu.ʃa.sje/	abouchassent /a.bu.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	abouche /a.buʃ/	—	abouchons /a.bu.ʃɔ̃/	abouchez /a.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

• abouchement

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bouchera