retoucher
English
Etymology
Noun
retoucher (plural retouchers)
- One who retouches
- I used to work as a photo retoucher.
French
Verb
retoucher
- (photography) to retouch
- to touch up, to put the finishing touches on
Conjugation
Conjugation of retoucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | retoucher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | retouchant /ʁə.tu.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | retouché /ʁə.tu.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/ |
retouches /ʁə.tuʃ/ |
retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/ |
retouchons /ʁə.tu.ʃɔ̃/ |
retouchez /ʁə.tu.ʃe/ |
retouchent /ʁə.tuʃ/ |
| imperfect | retouchais /ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/ |
retouchais /ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/ |
retouchait /ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/ |
retouchions /ʁə.tu.ʃjɔ̃/ |
retouchiez /ʁə.tu.ʃje/ |
retouchaient /ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | retouchai /ʁə.tu.ʃe/ |
retouchas /ʁə.tu.ʃa/ |
retoucha /ʁə.tu.ʃa/ |
retouchâmes /ʁə.tu.ʃam/ |
retouchâtes /ʁə.tu.ʃat/ |
retouchèrent /ʁə.tu.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | retoucherai /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁe/ |
retoucheras /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁa/ |
retouchera /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁa/ |
retoucherons /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
retoucherez /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁe/ |
retoucheront /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | retoucherais /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/ |
retoucherais /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/ |
retoucherait /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/ |
retoucherions /ʁə.tu.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retoucheriez /ʁə.tu.ʃə.ʁje/ |
retoucheraient /ʁə.tuʃ.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 | retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/ |
retouches /ʁə.tuʃ/ |
retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/ |
retouchions /ʁə.tu.ʃjɔ̃/ |
retouchiez /ʁə.tu.ʃje/ |
retouchent /ʁə.tuʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | retouchasse /ʁə.tu.ʃas/ |
retouchasses /ʁə.tu.ʃas/ |
retouchât /ʁə.tu.ʃa/ |
retouchassions /ʁə.tu.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
retouchassiez /ʁə.tu.ʃa.sje/ |
retouchassent /ʁə.tu.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/ |
— | retouchons /ʁə.tu.ʃɔ̃/ |
retouchez /ʁə.tu.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “retoucher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.