prémâcher

French

Etymology

From pré- +‎ mâcher.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʁe.ma.ʃe/, /pʁe.mɑ.ʃe/
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Verb

prémâcher

  1. (transitive) to prechew (to chew in advance)
  2. (transitive, figuratively, derogatory) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    prémâcher le travail à quelqu’un ― to break the back of the work for someone, to do the worst of the work for someone; to spoonfeed someone (to make a task easier for someone by doing half the work for them, especially the difficult parts)

Conjugation
Conjugation of prémâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple prémâcher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple prémâchant
/pʁe.ma.ʃɑ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle prémâché
/pʁe.ma.ʃe/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present prémâche
/pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/		 prémâches
/pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/		 prémâche
/pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/		 prémâchons
/pʁe.ma.ʃɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɔ̃/		 prémâchez
/pʁe.ma.ʃe/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃe/		 prémâchent
/pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/
imperfect prémâchais
/pʁe.ma.ʃɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɛ/		 prémâchais
/pʁe.ma.ʃɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɛ/		 prémâchait
/pʁe.ma.ʃɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɛ/		 prémâchions
/pʁe.ma.ʃjɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃjɔ̃/		 prémâchiez
/pʁe.ma.ʃje/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃje/		 prémâchaient
/pʁe.ma.ʃɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɛ/
past historic2 prémâchai
/pʁe.ma.ʃe/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃe/		 prémâchas
/pʁe.ma.ʃa/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃa/		 prémâcha
/pʁe.ma.ʃa/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃa/		 prémâchâmes
/pʁe.ma.ʃam/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃam/		 prémâchâtes
/pʁe.ma.ʃat/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃat/		 prémâchèrent
/pʁe.ma.ʃɛʁ/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɛʁ/
future prémâcherai
/pʁe.maʃ.ʁe/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁe/		 prémâcheras
/pʁe.maʃ.ʁa/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁa/		 prémâchera
/pʁe.maʃ.ʁa/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁa/		 prémâcherons
/pʁe.maʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 prémâcherez
/pʁe.maʃ.ʁe/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁe/		 prémâcheront
/pʁe.maʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional prémâcherais
/pʁe.maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁɛ/		 prémâcherais
/pʁe.maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁɛ/		 prémâcherait
/pʁe.maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.ʁɛ/		 prémâcherions
/pʁe.ma.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 prémâcheriez
/pʁe.ma.ʃə.ʁje/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃə.ʁje/		 prémâcheraient
/pʁe.maʃ.ʁɛ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ.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 prémâche
/pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/		 prémâches
/pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/		 prémâche
/pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/		 prémâchions
/pʁe.ma.ʃjɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃjɔ̃/		 prémâchiez
/pʁe.ma.ʃje/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃje/		 prémâchent
/pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/
imperfect2 prémâchasse
/pʁe.ma.ʃas/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃas/		 prémâchasses
/pʁe.ma.ʃas/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃas/		 prémâchât
/pʁe.ma.ʃa/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃa/		 prémâchassions
/pʁe.ma.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 prémâchassiez
/pʁe.ma.ʃa.sje/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃa.sje/		 prémâchassent
/pʁe.ma.ʃas/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — prémâche
/pʁe.maʃ/ or /pʁe.mɑʃ/		 — prémâchons
/pʁe.ma.ʃɔ̃/ or /pʁe.mɑ.ʃɔ̃/		 prémâchez
/pʁe.ma.ʃe/ or /pʁe.mɑ.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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