escher

See also: Escher

French

Alternative forms

• aicher, ècher, écher

Etymology

From esche +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.ʃe/ ~ /e.ʃe/

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Verb

escher

1. to bait a hook

Conjugation

Conjugation of escher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	escher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	eschant /ɛ.ʃɑ̃/ or /e.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		esché /ɛ.ʃe/ or /e.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	esche /ɛʃ/	esches /ɛʃ/	esche /ɛʃ/	eschons /ɛ.ʃɔ̃/ or /e.ʃɔ̃/	eschez /ɛ.ʃe/ or /e.ʃe/	eschent /ɛʃ/
	imperfect	eschais /ɛ.ʃɛ/ or /e.ʃɛ/	eschais /ɛ.ʃɛ/ or /e.ʃɛ/	eschait /ɛ.ʃɛ/ or /e.ʃɛ/	eschions /ɛ.ʃjɔ̃/ or /e.ʃjɔ̃/	eschiez /ɛ.ʃje/ or /e.ʃje/	eschaient /ɛ.ʃɛ/ or /e.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	eschai /ɛ.ʃe/ or /e.ʃe/	eschas /ɛ.ʃa/ or /e.ʃa/	escha /ɛ.ʃa/ or /e.ʃa/	eschâmes /ɛ.ʃam/ or /e.ʃam/	eschâtes /ɛ.ʃat/ or /e.ʃat/	eschèrent /ɛ.ʃɛʁ/ or /e.ʃɛʁ/
	future	escherai /ɛʃ.ʁe/	escheras /ɛʃ.ʁa/	eschera /ɛʃ.ʁa/	escherons /ɛʃ.ʁɔ̃/	escherez /ɛʃ.ʁe/	escheront /ɛʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	escherais /ɛʃ.ʁɛ/	escherais /ɛʃ.ʁɛ/	escherait /ɛʃ.ʁɛ/	escherions /ɛ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	escheriez /ɛ.ʃə.ʁje/ or /e.ʃə.ʁje/	escheraient /ɛʃ.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	esche /ɛʃ/	esches /ɛʃ/	esche /ɛʃ/	eschions /ɛ.ʃjɔ̃/ or /e.ʃjɔ̃/	eschiez /ɛ.ʃje/ or /e.ʃje/	eschent /ɛʃ/
	imperfect2	eschasse /ɛ.ʃas/ or /e.ʃas/	eschasses /ɛ.ʃas/ or /e.ʃas/	eschât /ɛ.ʃa/ or /e.ʃa/	eschassions /ɛ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	eschassiez /ɛ.ʃa.sje/ or /e.ʃa.sje/	eschassent /ɛ.ʃas/ or /e.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	esche /ɛʃ/	—	eschons /ɛ.ʃɔ̃/ or /e.ʃɔ̃/	eschez /ɛ.ʃe/ or /e.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).

Old French

Etymology

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Noun

escher oblique singular, ? (nominative singular escher)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of esche (tinder)

References

esche in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022