marchander

French

Etymology

From marchand +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.de/

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Verb

marchander

1. to bargain over, to haggle over

   Hypernym: négocier

2. to haggle, to dicker

   Hypernym: négocier

Conjugation

Conjugation of marchander (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	marchander
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	marchandant /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		marchandé /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	marchande /maʁ.ʃɑ̃d/	marchandes /maʁ.ʃɑ̃d/	marchande /maʁ.ʃɑ̃d/	marchandons /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dɔ̃/	marchandez /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.de/	marchandent /maʁ.ʃɑ̃d/
	imperfect	marchandais /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dɛ/	marchandais /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dɛ/	marchandait /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dɛ/	marchandions /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.djɔ̃/	marchandiez /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dje/	marchandaient /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	marchandai /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.de/	marchandas /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.da/	marchanda /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.da/	marchandâmes /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dam/	marchandâtes /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dat/	marchandèrent /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dɛʁ/
	future	marchanderai /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dʁe/	marchanderas /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dʁa/	marchandera /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dʁa/	marchanderons /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	marchanderez /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dʁe/	marchanderont /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	marchanderais /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dʁɛ/	marchanderais /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dʁɛ/	marchanderait /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dʁɛ/	marchanderions /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/	marchanderiez /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.də.ʁje/	marchanderaient /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(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	marchande /maʁ.ʃɑ̃d/	marchandes /maʁ.ʃɑ̃d/	marchande /maʁ.ʃɑ̃d/	marchandions /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.djɔ̃/	marchandiez /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dje/	marchandent /maʁ.ʃɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	marchandasse /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.das/	marchandasses /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.das/	marchandât /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.da/	marchandassions /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/	marchandassiez /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.da.sje/	marchandassent /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	marchande /maʁ.ʃɑ̃d/	—	marchandons /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.dɔ̃/	marchandez /maʁ.ʃɑ̃.de/	—
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

• marchandage

 

Further reading

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