déchoir
See also: de chóir
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin or Late Latin dēcadēre, from Latin de- and cadere (“to fall”) (whence also choir). See also the Classical Latin form decidō, decidere. Compare Catalan decaure, Italian decadere, Portuguese decair, Spanish decaer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.ʃwaʁ/
- Rhymes: -waʁ
Verb
déchoir
- (literary) to wane (diminish)
- (literary) to strip
- déchoir un homme de son titre - to strip a man of his title
Conjugation
This verb is defective in that it is not conjugated in certain tenses. It has no indicative imperfect form, no imperative form and no present participle. This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
Conjugation of déchoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | déchoir | avoir déchu | |||||
| gerund | — | en ayant déchu | |||||
| present participle | — | ||||||
| past participle | déchu /de.ʃy/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | déchoit or déchet /de.ʃwa/ or /de.ʃɛ/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| past historic1 | — | — | déchut /de.ʃy/ |
— | — | — | |
| future | — | — | déchoira or décherra /de.ʃwa.ʁa/ or /de.ʃɛ.ʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | déchoirait or décherrait /de.ʃwa.ʁɛ/ or /de.ʃɛ.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 | — | — | déchoie /de.ʃwa/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect1 | — | — | déchût /de.ʃy/ |
— | — | — | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “déchoir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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