encocher

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ cocher (“tick”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

encocher

1. to notch, put a notch in
2. to nock (an arrow)

Conjugation

Conjugation of encocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	encocher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	encochant /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		encoché /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	encoche /ɑ̃.kɔʃ/	encoches /ɑ̃.kɔʃ/	encoche /ɑ̃.kɔʃ/	encochons /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃɔ̃/	encochez /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃe/	encochent /ɑ̃.kɔʃ/
	imperfect	encochais /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃɛ/	encochais /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃɛ/	encochait /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃɛ/	encochions /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	encochiez /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃje/	encochaient /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	encochai /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃe/	encochas /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃa/	encocha /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃa/	encochâmes /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃam/	encochâtes /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃat/	encochèrent /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃɛʁ/
	future	encocherai /ɑ̃.kɔʃ.ʁe/	encocheras /ɑ̃.kɔʃ.ʁa/	encochera /ɑ̃.kɔʃ.ʁa/	encocherons /ɑ̃.kɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/	encocherez /ɑ̃.kɔʃ.ʁe/	encocheront /ɑ̃.kɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	encocherais /ɑ̃.kɔʃ.ʁɛ/	encocherais /ɑ̃.kɔʃ.ʁɛ/	encocherait /ɑ̃.kɔʃ.ʁɛ/	encocherions /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	encocheriez /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃə.ʁje/	encocheraient /ɑ̃.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	encoche /ɑ̃.kɔʃ/	encoches /ɑ̃.kɔʃ/	encoche /ɑ̃.kɔʃ/	encochions /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	encochiez /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃje/	encochent /ɑ̃.kɔʃ/
	imperfect2	encochasse /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃas/	encochasses /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃas/	encochât /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃa/	encochassions /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	encochassiez /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃa.sje/	encochassent /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	encoche /ɑ̃.kɔʃ/	—	encochons /ɑ̃.kɔ.ʃɔ̃/	encochez /ɑ̃.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).

Further reading

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