bicher

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French bécher (“to bite”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin beccus (“beak, bill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ʃe/

Verb

bicher

1. (intransitive, France) to go well

   Ça biche? ― How goes it?

2. (intransitive) to be happy; to rejoice
3. (intransitive) to pick up, to flirt

   Synonyms: draguer, chasser

Conjugation

Conjugation of bicher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bicher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bichant /bi.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		biché /bi.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	biche /biʃ/	biches /biʃ/	biche /biʃ/	bichons /bi.ʃɔ̃/	bichez /bi.ʃe/	bichent /biʃ/
	imperfect	bichais /bi.ʃɛ/	bichais /bi.ʃɛ/	bichait /bi.ʃɛ/	bichions /bi.ʃjɔ̃/	bichiez /bi.ʃje/	bichaient /bi.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	bichai /bi.ʃe/	bichas /bi.ʃa/	bicha /bi.ʃa/	bichâmes /bi.ʃam/	bichâtes /bi.ʃat/	bichèrent /bi.ʃɛʁ/
	future	bicherai /biʃ.ʁe/	bicheras /biʃ.ʁa/	bichera /biʃ.ʁa/	bicherons /biʃ.ʁɔ̃/	bicherez /biʃ.ʁe/	bicheront /biʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bicherais /biʃ.ʁɛ/	bicherais /biʃ.ʁɛ/	bicherait /biʃ.ʁɛ/	bicherions /bi.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	bicheriez /bi.ʃə.ʁje/	bicheraient /biʃ.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	biche /biʃ/	biches /biʃ/	biche /biʃ/	bichions /bi.ʃjɔ̃/	bichiez /bi.ʃje/	bichent /biʃ/
	imperfect2	bichasse /bi.ʃas/	bichasses /bi.ʃas/	bichât /bi.ʃa/	bichassions /bi.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	bichassiez /bi.ʃa.sje/	bichassent /bi.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	biche /biʃ/	—	bichons /bi.ʃɔ̃/	bichez /bi.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).

Further reading

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