trenchier

Old French

Alternative forms

• tranchier
• trencher

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *trinicāre (“cut in three parts”), with the root trini from tres, based on the model of duplicāre; alternatively from an alteration of Latin truncāre, also possibly influenced by or crossed with a Gaulish *trincare (“to cut (the head)”). Compare also Old Occitan trencar.

Verb

trenchier

1. to cut (make an incision)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of trenchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		trenchier			avoir trenchié
gerund		en trenchant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		trenchant
past participle		trenchié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	trenche	trenches	trenche	trenchons	trenchiez	trenchent
	imperfect	trenchoie, trencheie, trenchoe, trenchieve	trenchoies, trencheies, trenchoes, trenchieves	trenchoit, trencheit, trenchot, trenchieve	trenchiiens, trenchiens	trenchiiez, trenchiez	trenchoient, trencheient, trenchoent, trenchievent
	preterite	trenchai	trenchas	trencha	trenchames	trenchastes	trenchierent
	future	trencherai	trencheras	trenchera	trencherons	trencheroiz, trenchereiz, trencherez	trencheront
	conditional	trencheroie, trenchereie	trencheroies, trenchereies	trencheroit, trenchereit	trencheriiens, trencheriens	trencheriiez, trencheriez	trencheroient, trenchereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	trenche	trenches	trenche	trenchons	trenchiez	trenchent
	imperfect	trenchasse	trenchasses	trenchast	trenchissons, trenchissiens	trenchissoiz, trenchissez, trenchissiez	trenchassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	trenche	—	trenchons	trenchiez	—

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:trenchier.

Descendants

• → Catalan: trinxar
• → English: trench
• → Galician: trinchar, trincheira
• Middle French: trancher
  • French: trancher
• Norman: tranchi
• → Spanish: trinchar