frencher

See also: Frencher

French

Etymology

From English French kiss +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɛn.ʃe/; /fʁɛnt.ʃe/

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Verb

frencher

1. (North America, colloquial) to French kiss

   Synonyms: (French French) galocher; rouler un patin; rouler une galoche; rouler une pelle

Conjugation

Conjugation of frencher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	frencher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	frenchant /fʁɛn.ʃɑ̃/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		frenché /fʁɛn.ʃe/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	frenche /fʁɛnʃ/ or /fʁɛntʃ/	frenches /fʁɛnʃ/ or /fʁɛntʃ/	frenche /fʁɛnʃ/ or /fʁɛntʃ/	frenchons /fʁɛn.ʃɔ̃/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃɔ̃/	frenchez /fʁɛn.ʃe/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃe/	frenchent /fʁɛnʃ/ or /fʁɛntʃ/
	imperfect	frenchais /fʁɛn.ʃɛ/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃɛ/	frenchais /fʁɛn.ʃɛ/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃɛ/	frenchait /fʁɛn.ʃɛ/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃɛ/	frenchions /fʁɛn.ʃjɔ̃/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃjɔ̃/	frenchiez /fʁɛn.ʃje/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃje/	frenchaient /fʁɛn.ʃɛ/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	frenchai /fʁɛn.ʃe/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃe/	frenchas /fʁɛn.ʃa/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃa/	frencha /fʁɛn.ʃa/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃa/	frenchâmes /fʁɛn.ʃam/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃam/	frenchâtes /fʁɛn.ʃat/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃat/	frenchèrent /fʁɛn.ʃɛʁ/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃɛʁ/
	future	frencherai /fʁɛn.ʃə.ʁe/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃə.ʁe/	frencheras /fʁɛn.ʃə.ʁa/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃə.ʁa/	frenchera /fʁɛn.ʃə.ʁa/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃə.ʁa/	frencherons /fʁɛn.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/	frencherez /fʁɛn.ʃə.ʁe/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃə.ʁe/	frencheront /fʁɛn.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	frencherais /fʁɛn.ʃə.ʁɛ/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃə.ʁɛ/	frencherais /fʁɛn.ʃə.ʁɛ/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃə.ʁɛ/	frencherait /fʁɛn.ʃə.ʁɛ/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃə.ʁɛ/	frencherions /fʁɛn.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	frencheriez /fʁɛn.ʃə.ʁje/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃə.ʁje/	frencheraient /fʁɛn.ʃə.ʁɛ/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃə.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	frenche /fʁɛnʃ/ or /fʁɛntʃ/	frenches /fʁɛnʃ/ or /fʁɛntʃ/	frenche /fʁɛnʃ/ or /fʁɛntʃ/	frenchions /fʁɛn.ʃjɔ̃/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃjɔ̃/	frenchiez /fʁɛn.ʃje/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃje/	frenchent /fʁɛnʃ/ or /fʁɛntʃ/
	imperfect2	frenchasse /fʁɛn.ʃas/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃas/	frenchasses /fʁɛn.ʃas/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃas/	frenchât /fʁɛn.ʃa/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃa/	frenchassions /fʁɛn.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	frenchassiez /fʁɛn.ʃa.sje/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃa.sje/	frenchassent /fʁɛn.ʃas/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	frenche /fʁɛnʃ/ or /fʁɛntʃ/	—	frenchons /fʁɛn.ʃɔ̃/ or /fʁɛnt.ʃɔ̃/	frenchez /fʁɛn.ʃe/ or /fʁɛnt.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).