bicher

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bécher (“to bite”), from Latin beccus (“beak, bill”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bi.ʃe/
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Verb

bicher

  1. (intransitive, France) to go well
    Ça biche? ― How goes it?
  2. (intransitive) to be happy; to rejoice
  3. (intransitive) to pick up, to flirt
    Synonyms: draguer, chasser

Conjugation
Conjugation of bicher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bicher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bichant
/bi.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle biché
/bi.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present biche
/biʃ/		 biches
/biʃ/		 biche
/biʃ/		 bichons
/bi.ʃɔ̃/		 bichez
/bi.ʃe/		 bichent
/biʃ/
imperfect bichais
/bi.ʃɛ/		 bichais
/bi.ʃɛ/		 bichait
/bi.ʃɛ/		 bichions
/bi.ʃjɔ̃/		 bichiez
/bi.ʃje/		 bichaient
/bi.ʃɛ/
past historic2 bichai
/bi.ʃe/		 bichas
/bi.ʃa/		 bicha
/bi.ʃa/		 bichâmes
/bi.ʃam/		 bichâtes
/bi.ʃat/		 bichèrent
/bi.ʃɛʁ/
future bicherai
/biʃ.ʁe/		 bicheras
/biʃ.ʁa/		 bichera
/biʃ.ʁa/		 bicherons
/biʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 bicherez
/biʃ.ʁe/		 bicheront
/biʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bicherais
/biʃ.ʁɛ/		 bicherais
/biʃ.ʁɛ/		 bicherait
/biʃ.ʁɛ/		 bicherions
/bi.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 bicheriez
/bi.ʃə.ʁje/		 bicheraient
/biʃ.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 biche
/biʃ/		 biches
/biʃ/		 biche
/biʃ/		 bichions
/bi.ʃjɔ̃/		 bichiez
/bi.ʃje/		 bichent
/biʃ/
imperfect2 bichasse
/bi.ʃas/		 bichasses
/bi.ʃas/		 bichât
/bi.ʃa/		 bichassions
/bi.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 bichassiez
/bi.ʃa.sje/		 bichassent
/bi.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — biche
/biʃ/		 — bichons
/bi.ʃɔ̃/		 bichez
/bi.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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