charrier

See also: Charrier

English

Adjective

charrier

1. comparative form of charry: more charry

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French charier, carier (whence English carry, through Anglo-Norman), probably from a derivative of Old French char (cf. charrer), from Latin carrus, ultimately of Gaulish origin. Most likely of the same origin as charroyer, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *carriāre or *carreāre, but more likely from char. Compare Occitan carrejar, Italian carreggiare, Spanish acarrear; cf. also Romanian căra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.ʁje/

• Audio:

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Verb

charrier

1. to carry, carry along; to transport (cargo etc.)
   • 2023 January 12, “«Emily in Paris» dans la capitale du déni climatique”, in Libération‎^[1]:

     La série télévisée américaine charrie une vision stéréotypée de la ville, qui n’est pas viable face aux dérèglements climatiques et à la nécessaire adaptation de la métropole, estiment des élus écologistes parisiens.

     The American television series peddles a stereotypical image of the city, which is not viable in the face of climate change and the way the capital must adapt to it, say Green councillors in Paris.

2. (colloquial) to pull someone's leg, to rib (to tease someone in a good-natured way)

   Synonym: taquiner

Conjugation

Conjugation of charrier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	charrier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	charriant /ʃa.ʁjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		charrié /ʃa.ʁje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	charrie /ʃa.ʁi/	charries /ʃa.ʁi/	charrie /ʃa.ʁi/	charrions /ʃa.ʁjɔ̃/	charriez /ʃa.ʁje/	charrient /ʃa.ʁi/
	imperfect	charriais /ʃa.ʁjɛ/	charriais /ʃa.ʁjɛ/	charriait /ʃa.ʁjɛ/	charriions /ʃa.ʁi.jɔ̃/	charriiez /ʃa.ʁi.je/	charriaient /ʃa.ʁjɛ/
	past historic2	charriai /ʃa.ʁje/	charrias /ʃa.ʁja/	charria /ʃa.ʁja/	charriâmes /ʃa.ʁjam/	charriâtes /ʃa.ʁjat/	charrièrent /ʃa.ʁjɛʁ/
	future	charrierai /ʃa.ʁi.ʁe/	charrieras /ʃa.ʁi.ʁa/	charriera /ʃa.ʁi.ʁa/	charrierons /ʃa.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/	charrierez /ʃa.ʁi.ʁe/	charrieront /ʃa.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	charrierais /ʃa.ʁi.ʁɛ/	charrierais /ʃa.ʁi.ʁɛ/	charrierait /ʃa.ʁi.ʁɛ/	charrierions /ʃa.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	charrieriez /ʃa.ʁi.ʁje/	charrieraient /ʃa.ʁi.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	charrie /ʃa.ʁi/	charries /ʃa.ʁi/	charrie /ʃa.ʁi/	charriions /ʃa.ʁi.jɔ̃/	charriiez /ʃa.ʁi.je/	charrient /ʃa.ʁi/
	imperfect2	charriasse /ʃa.ʁjas/	charriasses /ʃa.ʁjas/	charriât /ʃa.ʁja/	charriassions /ʃa.ʁja.sjɔ̃/	charriassiez /ʃa.ʁja.sje/	charriassent /ʃa.ʁjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	charrie /ʃa.ʁi/	—	charrions /ʃa.ʁjɔ̃/	charriez /ʃa.ʁje/	—
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).

Related terms

• char
• charger
• charrette
• charrière
• chariot

Further reading

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