cocher

See also: côcher

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ.ʃe/

Etymology 1

From coche (“stagecoach”) +‎ -ier.

Noun

cocher m (plural cochers)

  1. stagecoach driver
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Etymology 2

From coche (“tick”) +‎ -er.

Verb

cocher

  1. (transitive) to tick; to tick off (to place a tick symbol on, e.g. a form)
  2. (transitive) to cross (to place a cross symbol on, e.g. a form)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cocher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cochant
/kɔ.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle coché
/kɔ.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present coche
/kɔʃ/		 coches
/kɔʃ/		 coche
/kɔʃ/		 cochons
/kɔ.ʃɔ̃/		 cochez
/kɔ.ʃe/		 cochent
/kɔʃ/
imperfect cochais
/kɔ.ʃɛ/		 cochais
/kɔ.ʃɛ/		 cochait
/kɔ.ʃɛ/		 cochions
/kɔ.ʃjɔ̃/		 cochiez
/kɔ.ʃje/		 cochaient
/kɔ.ʃɛ/
past historic2 cochai
/kɔ.ʃe/		 cochas
/kɔ.ʃa/		 cocha
/kɔ.ʃa/		 cochâmes
/kɔ.ʃam/		 cochâtes
/kɔ.ʃat/		 cochèrent
/kɔ.ʃɛʁ/
future cocherai
/kɔʃ.ʁe/		 cocheras
/kɔʃ.ʁa/		 cochera
/kɔʃ.ʁa/		 cocherons
/kɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 cocherez
/kɔʃ.ʁe/		 cocheront
/kɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cocherais
/kɔʃ.ʁɛ/		 cocherais
/kɔʃ.ʁɛ/		 cocherait
/kɔʃ.ʁɛ/		 cocherions
/kɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 cocheriez
/kɔ.ʃə.ʁje/		 cocheraient
/kɔʃ.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 coche
/kɔʃ/		 coches
/kɔʃ/		 coche
/kɔʃ/		 cochions
/kɔ.ʃjɔ̃/		 cochiez
/kɔ.ʃje/		 cochent
/kɔʃ/
imperfect2 cochasse
/kɔ.ʃas/		 cochasses
/kɔ.ʃas/		 cochât
/kɔ.ʃa/		 cochassions
/kɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 cochassiez
/kɔ.ʃa.sje/		 cochassent
/kɔ.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — coche
/kɔʃ/		 — cochons
/kɔ.ʃɔ̃/		 cochez
/kɔ.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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