marcher
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːtʃə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɚ/
- Hyphenation: march‧er
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English marcher, marchere, marcheyre, marchier, marchowrys pl; equivalent to march (from Anglo-Norman and Old French; akin to Old English germearc, Gothic marka (“boundary”)) + -er (inhabitant suffix).[1][2]
Noun
[edit]marcher (plural marchers)
- (historical) An inhabitant of a march (border country); specifically, a marcher lord. [from 14th c.]
- (historical) A border territory, a march (now only in (attributive) use). [from 15th c.]
- 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 42:
- Here is a scene of the marcher state of which they were margraves being turned into a duchy under Henry II Jasomirgott, who has made his capital at Vienna.
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Etymology 2
[edit]From march + -er (agent noun suffix).
Noun
[edit]marcher (plural marchers)
- One who marches; one who participates in a march.
- 2009 October 21, Dennis Hevesi, “Jack Nelson, Journalist, Dies at 80”, in The New York Times, retrieved 12 June 2014:
- Mr. Nelson covered the Selma-to-Montgomery freedom marches, including Bloody Sunday, on March 7, 1965, when 600 marchers were attacked with billy clubs and tear gas.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “marcher”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “march”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French, from Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn, from Proto-Germanic *markōną, from Proto-Indo-European *merg-, *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”). Cf. also marquer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]marcher
- to walk
- Synonym: aller
- Il marche au milieu de la rue.
- He is walking in the middle of the street
- to travel; to move; to march
- (figurative) to work, to function
- Synonym: fonctionner
- Comment ça marche ? ― How does it work?
- Cet appareil ne marche plus. ― This device isn't working anymore.
- to step
- Marcher sur le pied de quelqu’un. ― To step on the foot of someone
- to cooperate
- Je ne marche plus. ― I am no longer in.
- (intransitive) to believe
- Il marche. ― He believes my joke.
- Il m’a fait marcher. ― He took me for a ride.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of marcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | marcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | marchant /maʁ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | marché /maʁ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | marche /maʁʃ/ |
marches /maʁʃ/ |
marche /maʁʃ/ |
marchons /maʁ.ʃɔ̃/ |
marchez /maʁ.ʃe/ |
marchent /maʁʃ/ |
| imperfect | marchais /maʁ.ʃɛ/ |
marchais /maʁ.ʃɛ/ |
marchait /maʁ.ʃɛ/ |
marchions /maʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
marchiez /maʁ.ʃje/ |
marchaient /maʁ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | marchai /maʁ.ʃe/ |
marchas /maʁ.ʃa/ |
marcha /maʁ.ʃa/ |
marchâmes /maʁ.ʃam/ |
marchâtes /maʁ.ʃat/ |
marchèrent /maʁ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | marcherai /maʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ |
marcheras /maʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ |
marchera /maʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ |
marcherons /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
marcherez /maʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ |
marcheront /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | marcherais /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
marcherais /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
marcherait /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
marcherions /maʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
marcheriez /maʁ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
marcheraient /maʁ.ʃə.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 | marche /maʁʃ/ |
marches /maʁʃ/ |
marche /maʁʃ/ |
marchions /maʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
marchiez /maʁ.ʃje/ |
marchent /maʁʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | marchasse /maʁ.ʃas/ |
marchasses /maʁ.ʃas/ |
marchât /maʁ.ʃa/ |
marchassions /maʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
marchassiez /maʁ.ʃa.sje/ |
marchassent /maʁ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | marche /maʁʃ/ |
— | marchons /maʁ.ʃɔ̃/ |
marchez /maʁ.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
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: marxar
- → German: marschieren
- → Portuguese: marchar
- → Spanish: marchar
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “marcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]marcher
- to walk (travel on foot)
Conjugation
[edit]- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of marcher
| infinitive | simple | marcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | marchant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | marché | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | 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 | 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 | marche | marches | marche | marchons | marchez | marchent |
| imperfect | marchasse | marchasses | marchast | marchassions | marchassiez | marchassent | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | marche | — | marchons | marchez | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Descendants
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French marqueur.
Noun
[edit]marcher m (plural marcheri)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | marcher | marcherul | marcheri | marcherii | |
| genitive-dative | marcher | marcherului | marcheri | marcherilor | |
| vocative | marcherule | marcherilor | |||
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