pocher

French

Etymology

From Old French pochier (“enclose in a bag”), from poche (“pocket, bag”).

Verb

pocher

1. to poach; to cook by poaching.
2. to sketch; to make a sketch of.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pocher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pochant /pɔ.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		poché /pɔ.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	poche /pɔʃ/	poches /pɔʃ/	poche /pɔʃ/	pochons /pɔ.ʃɔ̃/	pochez /pɔ.ʃe/	pochent /pɔʃ/
	imperfect	pochais /pɔ.ʃɛ/	pochais /pɔ.ʃɛ/	pochait /pɔ.ʃɛ/	pochions /pɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	pochiez /pɔ.ʃje/	pochaient /pɔ.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	pochai /pɔ.ʃe/	pochas /pɔ.ʃa/	pocha /pɔ.ʃa/	pochâmes /pɔ.ʃam/	pochâtes /pɔ.ʃat/	pochèrent /pɔ.ʃɛʁ/
	future	pocherai /pɔʃ.ʁe/	pocheras /pɔʃ.ʁa/	pochera /pɔʃ.ʁa/	pocherons /pɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/	pocherez /pɔʃ.ʁe/	pocheront /pɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pocherais /pɔʃ.ʁɛ/	pocherais /pɔʃ.ʁɛ/	pocherait /pɔʃ.ʁɛ/	pocherions /pɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	pocheriez /pɔ.ʃə.ʁje/	pocheraient /pɔʃ.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	poche /pɔʃ/	poches /pɔʃ/	poche /pɔʃ/	pochions /pɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	pochiez /pɔ.ʃje/	pochent /pɔʃ/
	imperfect2	pochasse /pɔ.ʃas/	pochasses /pɔ.ʃas/	pochât /pɔ.ʃa/	pochassions /pɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	pochassiez /pɔ.ʃa.sje/	pochassent /pɔ.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	poche /pɔʃ/	—	pochons /pɔ.ʃɔ̃/	pochez /pɔ.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

• pochage

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• choper, proche

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pochier (“to poke”)

Verb

pocher

1. (chiefly of an eye) to poke

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of pocher

infinitive	simple	pocher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	pochant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		poché
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	poche	poches	poche	pochons	pochez	pochent
	imperfect	pochois, pochoys	pochois, pochoys	pochoit, pochoyt	pochions, pochyons	pochiez, pochyez	pochoient, pochoyent
	past historic	pocha	pochas	pocha	pochasmes	pochastes	pocherent
	future	pocherai, pocheray	pocheras	pochera	pocherons	pocherez	pocheront
	conditional	pocherois, pocheroys	pocherois, pocheroys	pocheroit, pocheroyt	pocherions, pocheryons	pocheriez, pocheryez	pocheroient, pocheroyent
(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	poche	poches	poche	pochons	pochez	pochent
	imperfect	pochasse	pochasses	pochast	pochassions	pochassiez	pochassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	poche	—	pochons	pochez	—
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).

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pochier, supplement)