destacher

Middle French

Etymology

Old French destachier, thought to be of Germanic origin.

Verb

destacher

1. to detach; to separate

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of destacher

infinitive	simple	destacher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	destachant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		destaché
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	destache	destaches	destache	destachons	destachez	destachent
	imperfect	destachois, destachoys	destachois, destachoys	destachoit, destachoyt	destachions, destachyons	destachiez, destachyez	destachoient, destachoyent
	past historic	destacha	destachas	destacha	destachasmes	destachastes	destacherent
	future	destacherai, destacheray	destacheras	destachera	destacherons	destacherez	destacheront
	conditional	destacherois, destacheroys	destacherois, destacheroys	destacheroit, destacheroyt	destacherions, destacheryons	destacheriez, destacheryez	destacheroient, destacheroyent
(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	destache	destaches	destache	destachons	destachez	destachent
	imperfect	destachasse	destachasses	destachast	destachassions	destachassiez	destachassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	destache	—	destachons	destachez	—
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

• → English: detach
• French: détacher
• Italian: distaccare, staccare