moucher

English

Noun

moucher (plural mouchers)

1. Dated form of moocher.

Anagrams

• chômeur

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *muccāre, from mucus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ʃe/

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Verb

moucher

1. (transitive) to blow (someone's) nose
2. (transitive, colloquial) to put someone in their place
3. (reflexive) to blow one's nose
4. (transitive) to snuff out (a candle etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of moucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	moucher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	mouchant /mu.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		mouché /mu.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mouche /muʃ/	mouches /muʃ/	mouche /muʃ/	mouchons /mu.ʃɔ̃/	mouchez /mu.ʃe/	mouchent /muʃ/
	imperfect	mouchais /mu.ʃɛ/	mouchais /mu.ʃɛ/	mouchait /mu.ʃɛ/	mouchions /mu.ʃjɔ̃/	mouchiez /mu.ʃje/	mouchaient /mu.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	mouchai /mu.ʃe/	mouchas /mu.ʃa/	moucha /mu.ʃa/	mouchâmes /mu.ʃam/	mouchâtes /mu.ʃat/	mouchèrent /mu.ʃɛʁ/
	future	moucherai /muʃ.ʁe/	moucheras /muʃ.ʁa/	mouchera /muʃ.ʁa/	moucherons /muʃ.ʁɔ̃/	moucherez /muʃ.ʁe/	moucheront /muʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	moucherais /muʃ.ʁɛ/	moucherais /muʃ.ʁɛ/	moucherait /muʃ.ʁɛ/	moucherions /mu.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	moucheriez /mu.ʃə.ʁje/	moucheraient /muʃ.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	mouche /muʃ/	mouches /muʃ/	mouche /muʃ/	mouchions /mu.ʃjɔ̃/	mouchiez /mu.ʃje/	mouchent /muʃ/
	imperfect2	mouchasse /mu.ʃas/	mouchasses /mu.ʃas/	mouchât /mu.ʃa/	mouchassions /mu.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	mouchassiez /mu.ʃa.sje/	mouchassent /mu.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mouche /muʃ/	—	mouchons /mu.ʃɔ̃/	mouchez /mu.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).

Derived terms

• mouchage
• mouchoir
• ne pas se moucher du pied

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• chômeur