cacher

English

Etymology

From cache +‎ -er.

Noun

cacher (plural cachers)

1. One who caches.
   • 2009 March 29, Virginia Heffernan, “G.P.S. Marks the Spot”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Of “World War II — Austin,” which turns out to lead cachers to a war memorial, a poster named Sumbirdy wrote, “We enjoy virtual caches,” and then, “Thank goodness for the oldies!”)

Derived terms

• cacher box

Anagrams

• creach

Danish

Noun

cacher

1. indefinite plural of cache

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French cachier, from Vulgar Latin *coacticāre, from Latin coactāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʃe/

• Audio:

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Verb

cacher

1. (transitive) to hide

   Je n’ai rien à vous cacher.

   I have nothing to hide from you.

   Où as-tu caché mon cadeau?

   Where did you hide my gift?

   • 1871, Émile Zola, chapter 3, in La Fortune des Rougon, Paris: G. Charpentier:

     Quand Eugène fut parti, Félicité essaya de pénétrer le secret qu’on lui cachait.

     When Eugene left, Felicite tried to uncover the secret that they were hiding from her.

2. (reflexive se cacher) to hide (oneself)

   Personne ne savait qu’il était là, donc il a dû se cacher.

   No one knew he was there, so he had to hide.

Conjugation

Conjugation of cacher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cacher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cachant /ka.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		caché /ka.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cache /kaʃ/	caches /kaʃ/	cache /kaʃ/	cachons /ka.ʃɔ̃/	cachez /ka.ʃe/	cachent /kaʃ/
	imperfect	cachais /ka.ʃɛ/	cachais /ka.ʃɛ/	cachait /ka.ʃɛ/	cachions /ka.ʃjɔ̃/	cachiez /ka.ʃje/	cachaient /ka.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	cachai /ka.ʃe/	cachas /ka.ʃa/	cacha /ka.ʃa/	cachâmes /ka.ʃam/	cachâtes /ka.ʃat/	cachèrent /ka.ʃɛʁ/
	future	cacherai /kaʃ.ʁe/	cacheras /kaʃ.ʁa/	cachera /kaʃ.ʁa/	cacherons /kaʃ.ʁɔ̃/	cacherez /kaʃ.ʁe/	cacheront /kaʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cacherais /kaʃ.ʁɛ/	cacherais /kaʃ.ʁɛ/	cacherait /kaʃ.ʁɛ/	cacherions /ka.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	cacheriez /ka.ʃə.ʁje/	cacheraient /kaʃ.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	cache /kaʃ/	caches /kaʃ/	cache /kaʃ/	cachions /ka.ʃjɔ̃/	cachiez /ka.ʃje/	cachent /kaʃ/
	imperfect2	cachasse /ka.ʃas/	cachasses /ka.ʃas/	cachât /ka.ʃa/	cachassions /ka.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	cachassiez /ka.ʃa.sje/	cachassent /ka.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cache /kaʃ/	—	cachons /ka.ʃɔ̃/	cachez /ka.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

• cache
• caché
• cache-cache
• cache-sexe
• cacher son jeu
• caméra cachée
• face cachée
• un train peut en cacher un autre
• cachez ce X que je ne saurais voir

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kashér).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʃɛʁ/

Adjective

cacher (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of casher

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• crache, craché, crécha

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French cachier.

Verb

cacher

1. to hide

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of cacher

infinitive	simple	cacher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	cachant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		caché
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cache	caches	cache	cachons	cachez	cachent
	imperfect	cachois, cachoys	cachois, cachoys	cachoit, cachoyt	cachions, cachyons	cachiez, cachyez	cachoient, cachoyent
	past historic	cacha	cachas	cacha	cachasmes	cachastes	cacherent
	future	cacherai, cacheray	cacheras	cachera	cacherons	cacherez	cacheront
	conditional	cacherois, cacheroys	cacherois, cacheroys	cacheroit, cacheroyt	cacherions, cacheryons	cacheriez, cacheryez	cacheroient, cacheroyent
(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	cache	caches	cache	cachons	cachez	cachent
	imperfect	cachasse	cachasses	cachast	cachassions	cachassiez	cachassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cache	—	cachons	cachez	—
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).

Descendants

• French: cacher

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

cacher m

1. indefinite plural of cache