marcher

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːtʃə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹtʃɚ/
  • Hyphenation: march‧er
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Middle English marche; from Anglo-Norman and Old French. Akin to Old English germearc, Gothic marka (marka, “boundary”).[1][2]

Noun

marcher (plural marchers)

  1. An inhabitant of a march (border country).
  2. A person who holds lands in such a region.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

march +‎ -er.

Noun

marcher (plural marchers)

  1. One who marches; one who participates in a march.
Derived terms
  • hunger marcher
  • peace marcher

References

  1. ↑ marcher in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  2. ↑ march in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *merg-, *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”). Cf. also marquer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʁ.ʃe/
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Verb

marcher

  1. to walk
    Il marche au milieu de la rue. — He is walking in the middle of the street
  2. to travel; to move
  3. to work, to function
    Cet ordinateur ne marche pas. — This computer does not work.
  4. to believe
    Il marche. — He believes my joke.
    Il m'a fait marcher. — He made me believe his joke.

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Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

Old French marchier.

Verb

marcher

  1. to walk (travel on foot)

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of marcher
simple compound
infinitive marcher avoir marché
gerund en marchant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle marchant
past participle marché
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present marche marches marche marchons marchez marchent
imperfect marchois, marchoys marchois, marchoys marchoit, marchoyt marchions, marchyons marchiez, marchyez marchoient, marchoyent
past historic marcha marchas marcha marchasmes marchastes marcherent
future marcherai, marcheray marcheras marchera marcherons marcherez marcheront
conditional marcherois, marcheroys marcherois, marcheroys marcheroit, marcheroyt marcherions, marcheryons marcheriez, marcheryez marcheroient, marcheroyent
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 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 ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present marche marches marche marchons marchez marchent
imperfect marchasse marchasses marchast marchassions marchassiez marchassent
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 – nous vous –
— marche — marchons marchez —
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