esplucher

Middle French

Alternative forms

• espelucher, esploucher, espluquier

Etymology

From Old French espeluchier.

Verb

esplucher

1. to peel (a vegetable, etc.)

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of esplucher

infinitive	simple	esplucher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	espluchant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		espluché
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	espluche	espluches	espluche	espluchons	espluchez	espluchent
	imperfect	espluchois, espluchoys	espluchois, espluchoys	espluchoit, espluchoyt	espluchions, espluchyons	espluchiez, espluchyez	espluchoient, espluchoyent
	past historic	esplucha	espluchas	esplucha	espluchasmes	espluchastes	esplucherent
	future	esplucherai, esplucheray	esplucheras	espluchera	esplucherons	esplucherez	esplucheront
	conditional	esplucherois, esplucheroys	esplucherois, esplucheroys	esplucheroit, esplucheroyt	esplucherions, esplucheryons	esplucheriez, esplucheryez	esplucheroient, esplucheroyent
(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	espluche	espluches	espluche	espluchons	espluchez	espluchent
	imperfect	espluchasse	espluchasses	espluchast	espluchassions	espluchassiez	espluchassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	espluche	—	espluchons	espluchez	—
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

• French: éplucher