changer
English
Etymology
Noun
changer (plural changers)
- Someone or something who changes things.
- Someone or something that changes or transforms itself.
Usage notes
- Usually used together with another noun, eg, automatic tool changer, shape changer, mind changer
Derived terms
Terms derived from changer
French
Etymology
From Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambīre, present active infinitive of cambiō (“exchange, barter”), from Gaulish cambion, *kambyom (“change”), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱambos, *(s)kambos (“crooked”). Cognate with Italian cambiare, Occitan cambiar, Portuguese cambiar, Romanian schimb, Spanish cambiar and Walloon candjî.
Pronunciation
Verb
changer
- (transitive) to exchange (something)
- (transitive) to change (money, a job, one's circumstances etc.)
- (transitive) to change, alter (something en into)
- (intransitive) to change
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to change (one's clothes), get changed
- to put clean diapers to babies.
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written change- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of changer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | changer | avoir changé | |||||
| gerund | en changeant | en ayant changé | |||||
| present participle | changeant /ʃɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | changé /ʃɑ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | change /ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
changes /ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
change /ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
changeons /ʃɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
changez /ʃɑ̃.ʒe/ |
changent /ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | changeais /ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
changeais /ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
changeait /ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
changions /ʃɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
changiez /ʃɑ̃.ʒje/ |
changeaient /ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | changeai /ʃɑ̃.ʒe/ |
changeas /ʃɑ̃.ʒa/ |
changea /ʃɑ̃.ʒa/ |
changeâmes /ʃɑ̃.ʒam/ |
changeâtes /ʃɑ̃.ʒat/ |
changèrent /ʃɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | changerai /ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
changeras /ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
changera /ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
changerons /ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
changerez /ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
changeront /ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | changerais /ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
changerais /ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
changerait /ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
changerions /ʃɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
changeriez /ʃɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
changeraient /ʃɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | change /ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
changes /ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
change /ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
changions /ʃɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
changiez /ʃɑ̃.ʒje/ |
changent /ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect1 | changeasse /ʃɑ̃.ʒas/ |
changeasses /ʃɑ̃.ʒas/ |
changeât /ʃɑ̃.ʒa/ |
changeassions /ʃɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
changeassiez /ʃɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
changeassent /ʃɑ̃.ʒas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | change /ʃɑ̃ʒ/ |
— | changeons /ʃɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
changez /ʃɑ̃.ʒe/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “changer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Verb
changer
- Alternative form of changier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /dʒ/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of changer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | changer | avoir changé | |||||
| gerund | en chanjant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | chanjant | ||||||
| past participle | changé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | change | changes | change | chanjons | changez | changent |
| imperfect | chanjoie, changeie, chanjoe, changeve | chanjoies, changeies, chanjoes, changeves | chanjoit, changeit, chanjot, changeve | changiiens, changiens | changiiez, changiez | chanjoient, changeient, chanjoent, changevent | |
| preterite | chanjai | chanjas | chanja | chanjames | chanjastes | changerent | |
| future | changerai | changeras | changera | changerons | changeroiz, changereiz, changerez | changeront | |
| conditional | changeroie, changereie | changeroies, changereies | changeroit, changereit | changeriiens, changeriens | changeriiez, changeriez | changeroient, changereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | change | changes | change | chanjons | changez | changent |
| imperfect | chanjasse | chanjasses | chanjast | changissons, changissiens | changissoiz, changissez, changissiez | chanjassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | change | — | chanjons | changez | — | ||
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