bûcher
French
Alternative forms
- bucher (1990 reform spelling)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From bûche.
Noun
bûcher m (plural bûchers)
Etymology 2
Verb
bûcher
- to hew
- (informal) to slug away, to hit the books
Conjugation
Conjugation of bûcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bûcher | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bûchant /by.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bûché /by.ʃe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | bûche /byʃ/ |
bûches /byʃ/ |
bûche /byʃ/ |
bûchons /by.ʃɔ̃/ |
bûchez /by.ʃe/ |
bûchent /byʃ/ |
imperfect | bûchais /by.ʃɛ/ |
bûchais /by.ʃɛ/ |
bûchait /by.ʃɛ/ |
bûchions /by.ʃjɔ̃/ |
bûchiez /by.ʃje/ |
bûchaient /by.ʃɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bûchai /by.ʃe/ |
bûchas /by.ʃa/ |
bûcha /by.ʃa/ |
bûchâmes /by.ʃam/ |
bûchâtes /by.ʃat/ |
bûchèrent /by.ʃɛʁ/ | |
future | bûcherai /byʃ.ʁe/ |
bûcheras /byʃ.ʁa/ |
bûchera /byʃ.ʁa/ |
bûcherons /byʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
bûcherez /byʃ.ʁe/ |
bûcheront /byʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bûcherais /byʃ.ʁɛ/ |
bûcherais /byʃ.ʁɛ/ |
bûcherait /byʃ.ʁɛ/ |
bûcherions /by.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bûcheriez /by.ʃə.ʁje/ |
bûcheraient /byʃ.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 | bûche /byʃ/ |
bûches /byʃ/ |
bûche /byʃ/ |
bûchions /by.ʃjɔ̃/ |
bûchiez /by.ʃje/ |
bûchent /byʃ/ |
imperfect2 | bûchasse /by.ʃas/ |
bûchasses /by.ʃas/ |
bûchât /by.ʃa/ |
bûchassions /by.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
bûchassiez /by.ʃa.sje/ |
bûchassent /by.ʃas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bûche /byʃ/ |
— | bûchons /by.ʃɔ̃/ |
bûchez /by.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). |
Further reading
- “bûcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.