panacher

French

Etymology

From panache.

Pronunciation

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Verb

panacher

1. to add a panache

   Des gardes casqués et panachés comme pour une opérette.

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2. to mix colours (as in a panache)

   Il faut panacher les fleurs pour obtenir un plus joli bouquet.

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3. to mix

   Panacher une liste électorale.

   To mix people from various political backgrounds.

Conjugation

Conjugation of panacher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	panacher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	panachant /pa.na.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		panaché /pa.na.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	panache /pa.naʃ/	panaches /pa.naʃ/	panache /pa.naʃ/	panachons /pa.na.ʃɔ̃/	panachez /pa.na.ʃe/	panachent /pa.naʃ/
	imperfect	panachais /pa.na.ʃɛ/	panachais /pa.na.ʃɛ/	panachait /pa.na.ʃɛ/	panachions /pa.na.ʃjɔ̃/	panachiez /pa.na.ʃje/	panachaient /pa.na.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	panachai /pa.na.ʃe/	panachas /pa.na.ʃa/	panacha /pa.na.ʃa/	panachâmes /pa.na.ʃam/	panachâtes /pa.na.ʃat/	panachèrent /pa.na.ʃɛʁ/
	future	panacherai /pa.naʃ.ʁe/	panacheras /pa.naʃ.ʁa/	panachera /pa.naʃ.ʁa/	panacherons /pa.naʃ.ʁɔ̃/	panacherez /pa.naʃ.ʁe/	panacheront /pa.naʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	panacherais /pa.naʃ.ʁɛ/	panacherais /pa.naʃ.ʁɛ/	panacherait /pa.naʃ.ʁɛ/	panacherions /pa.na.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	panacheriez /pa.na.ʃə.ʁje/	panacheraient /pa.naʃ.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	panache /pa.naʃ/	panaches /pa.naʃ/	panache /pa.naʃ/	panachions /pa.na.ʃjɔ̃/	panachiez /pa.na.ʃje/	panachent /pa.naʃ/
	imperfect2	panachasse /pa.na.ʃas/	panachasses /pa.na.ʃas/	panachât /pa.na.ʃa/	panachassions /pa.na.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	panachassiez /pa.na.ʃa.sje/	panachassent /pa.na.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	panache /pa.naʃ/	—	panachons /pa.na.ʃɔ̃/	panachez /pa.na.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

• panachage
• panaché
• panachée

Descendants

• German: panaschieren

Further reading

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