achalander
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.de/
Audio: (file) - Homophones: achalandai, achalandé, achalandée, achalandées, achalandés, achalandez
Verb
[edit]achalander
- (transitive) to supply with clientele
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of achalander (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | achalander | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | achalandant /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | achalandé /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | achalande /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/ |
achalandes /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/ |
achalande /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/ |
achalandons /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
achalandez /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.de/ |
achalandent /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect | achalandais /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɛ/ |
achalandais /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɛ/ |
achalandait /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɛ/ |
achalandions /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
achalandiez /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dje/ |
achalandaient /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | achalandai /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.de/ |
achalandas /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.da/ |
achalanda /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.da/ |
achalandâmes /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dam/ |
achalandâtes /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dat/ |
achalandèrent /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | achalanderai /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁe/ |
achalanderas /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁa/ |
achalandera /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁa/ |
achalanderons /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
achalanderez /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁe/ |
achalanderont /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | achalanderais /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
achalanderais /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
achalanderait /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
achalanderions /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
achalanderiez /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.də.ʁje/ |
achalanderaient /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.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 | achalande /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/ |
achalandes /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/ |
achalande /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/ |
achalandions /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
achalandiez /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dje/ |
achalandent /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | achalandasse /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.das/ |
achalandasses /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.das/ |
achalandât /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.da/ |
achalandassions /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ |
achalandassiez /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.da.sje/ |
achalandassent /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | achalande /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/ |
— | achalandons /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
achalandez /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- busy, bustling with customers
- achalandage (“clientele, patronage, business”)
Further reading
[edit]- “achalander”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.