bâcher

French

Etymology

From bâche +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʃe/ ~ /bɑ.ʃe/

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Verb

bâcher

1. to cover with a canvas or tarpaulin

Conjugation

Conjugation of bâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bâcher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bâchant /ba.ʃɑ̃/ or /bɑ.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bâché /ba.ʃe/ or /bɑ.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bâche /baʃ/ or /bɑʃ/	bâches /baʃ/ or /bɑʃ/	bâche /baʃ/ or /bɑʃ/	bâchons /ba.ʃɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ʃɔ̃/	bâchez /ba.ʃe/ or /bɑ.ʃe/	bâchent /baʃ/ or /bɑʃ/
	imperfect	bâchais /ba.ʃɛ/ or /bɑ.ʃɛ/	bâchais /ba.ʃɛ/ or /bɑ.ʃɛ/	bâchait /ba.ʃɛ/ or /bɑ.ʃɛ/	bâchions /ba.ʃjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ʃjɔ̃/	bâchiez /ba.ʃje/ or /bɑ.ʃje/	bâchaient /ba.ʃɛ/ or /bɑ.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	bâchai /ba.ʃe/ or /bɑ.ʃe/	bâchas /ba.ʃa/ or /bɑ.ʃa/	bâcha /ba.ʃa/ or /bɑ.ʃa/	bâchâmes /ba.ʃam/ or /bɑ.ʃam/	bâchâtes /ba.ʃat/ or /bɑ.ʃat/	bâchèrent /ba.ʃɛʁ/ or /bɑ.ʃɛʁ/
	future	bâcherai /baʃ.ʁe/ or /bɑʃ.ʁe/	bâcheras /baʃ.ʁa/ or /bɑʃ.ʁa/	bâchera /baʃ.ʁa/ or /bɑʃ.ʁa/	bâcherons /baʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/	bâcherez /baʃ.ʁe/ or /bɑʃ.ʁe/	bâcheront /baʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bâcherais /baʃ.ʁɛ/ or /bɑʃ.ʁɛ/	bâcherais /baʃ.ʁɛ/ or /bɑʃ.ʁɛ/	bâcherait /baʃ.ʁɛ/ or /bɑʃ.ʁɛ/	bâcherions /ba.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	bâcheriez /ba.ʃə.ʁje/ or /bɑ.ʃə.ʁje/	bâcheraient /baʃ.ʁɛ/ or /bɑʃ.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	bâche /baʃ/ or /bɑʃ/	bâches /baʃ/ or /bɑʃ/	bâche /baʃ/ or /bɑʃ/	bâchions /ba.ʃjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ʃjɔ̃/	bâchiez /ba.ʃje/ or /bɑ.ʃje/	bâchent /baʃ/ or /bɑʃ/
	imperfect2	bâchasse /ba.ʃas/ or /bɑ.ʃas/	bâchasses /ba.ʃas/ or /bɑ.ʃas/	bâchât /ba.ʃa/ or /bɑ.ʃa/	bâchassions /ba.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	bâchassiez /ba.ʃa.sje/ or /bɑ.ʃa.sje/	bâchassent /ba.ʃas/ or /bɑ.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bâche /baʃ/ or /bɑʃ/	—	bâchons /ba.ʃɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ʃɔ̃/	bâchez /ba.ʃe/ or /bɑ.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).

Derived terms

• bâchage

Further reading

• “bâcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.