épancher

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French espancier, from a Vulgar Latin *expandicāre, from Latin expandere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.pɑ̃.ʃe/

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Verb

épancher

1. (archaic, transitive) to pour, pour out
2. (transitive, of a volcano) to erupt, spit out, spurt out
3. (transitive) to emit (an odour, sound, visual effect)
   1. to pour out (sound)
   2. to give off (odour)
   3. to reflect (visual effect)
4. (transitive, figuratively) pour out, pour forth (emotions)
5. (reflexive, of a liquid) to flow, spread
6. (reflexive, of a liquid) to spill out, flow out
7. (reflexive) to pour one's heart out
   • 2024, “Sinead O’Connor est morte de causes naturelles”, in La Presse‎^[1]:

     Ces dernières années, Sinead O’Connor s’épanchait sur les réseaux sociaux, menaçant ses anciens associés de poursuites judiciaires, décrivant ses problèmes de santé physiques et mentaux, partageant ses pensées suicidaires et ses relations compliquées avec sa famille.

     In recent years, Sinéad O'Connor poured her heart out on social media, threatening her former associates with lawsuits, describing her physical and mental health problems, and sharing her suicidal thoughts and her complicated relationships with her family.

Conjugation

Conjugation of épancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	épancher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	épanchant /e.pɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		épanché /e.pɑ̃.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	épanche /e.pɑ̃ʃ/	épanches /e.pɑ̃ʃ/	épanche /e.pɑ̃ʃ/	épanchons /e.pɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/	épanchez /e.pɑ̃.ʃe/	épanchent /e.pɑ̃ʃ/
	imperfect	épanchais /e.pɑ̃.ʃɛ/	épanchais /e.pɑ̃.ʃɛ/	épanchait /e.pɑ̃.ʃɛ/	épanchions /e.pɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/	épanchiez /e.pɑ̃.ʃje/	épanchaient /e.pɑ̃.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	épanchai /e.pɑ̃.ʃe/	épanchas /e.pɑ̃.ʃa/	épancha /e.pɑ̃.ʃa/	épanchâmes /e.pɑ̃.ʃam/	épanchâtes /e.pɑ̃.ʃat/	épanchèrent /e.pɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/
	future	épancherai /e.pɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/	épancheras /e.pɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/	épanchera /e.pɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/	épancherons /e.pɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/	épancherez /e.pɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/	épancheront /e.pɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	épancherais /e.pɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/	épancherais /e.pɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/	épancherait /e.pɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/	épancherions /e.pɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	épancheriez /e.pɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/	épancheraient /e.pɑ̃ʃ.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	épanche /e.pɑ̃ʃ/	épanches /e.pɑ̃ʃ/	épanche /e.pɑ̃ʃ/	épanchions /e.pɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/	épanchiez /e.pɑ̃.ʃje/	épanchent /e.pɑ̃ʃ/
	imperfect2	épanchasse /e.pɑ̃.ʃas/	épanchasses /e.pɑ̃.ʃas/	épanchât /e.pɑ̃.ʃa/	épanchassions /e.pɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	épanchassiez /e.pɑ̃.ʃa.sje/	épanchassent /e.pɑ̃.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	épanche /e.pɑ̃ʃ/	—	épanchons /e.pɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/	épanchez /e.pɑ̃.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

• épanchement

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• penchera