pétocher

French

Etymology

From pétoche +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.tɔ.ʃe/

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Verb

pétocher

1. (intransitive, informal) to fear

Conjugation

Conjugation of pétocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pétocher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pétochant /pe.tɔ.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pétoché /pe.tɔ.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pétoche /pe.tɔʃ/	pétoches /pe.tɔʃ/	pétoche /pe.tɔʃ/	pétochons /pe.tɔ.ʃɔ̃/	pétochez /pe.tɔ.ʃe/	pétochent /pe.tɔʃ/
	imperfect	pétochais /pe.tɔ.ʃɛ/	pétochais /pe.tɔ.ʃɛ/	pétochait /pe.tɔ.ʃɛ/	pétochions /pe.tɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	pétochiez /pe.tɔ.ʃje/	pétochaient /pe.tɔ.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	pétochai /pe.tɔ.ʃe/	pétochas /pe.tɔ.ʃa/	pétocha /pe.tɔ.ʃa/	pétochâmes /pe.tɔ.ʃam/	pétochâtes /pe.tɔ.ʃat/	pétochèrent /pe.tɔ.ʃɛʁ/
	future	pétocherai /pe.tɔʃ.ʁe/	pétocheras /pe.tɔʃ.ʁa/	pétochera /pe.tɔʃ.ʁa/	pétocherons /pe.tɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/	pétocherez /pe.tɔʃ.ʁe/	pétocheront /pe.tɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pétocherais /pe.tɔʃ.ʁɛ/	pétocherais /pe.tɔʃ.ʁɛ/	pétocherait /pe.tɔʃ.ʁɛ/	pétocherions /pe.tɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	pétocheriez /pe.tɔ.ʃə.ʁje/	pétocheraient /pe.tɔʃ.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	pétoche /pe.tɔʃ/	pétoches /pe.tɔʃ/	pétoche /pe.tɔʃ/	pétochions /pe.tɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	pétochiez /pe.tɔ.ʃje/	pétochent /pe.tɔʃ/
	imperfect2	pétochasse /pe.tɔ.ʃas/	pétochasses /pe.tɔ.ʃas/	pétochât /pe.tɔ.ʃa/	pétochassions /pe.tɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	pétochassiez /pe.tɔ.ʃa.sje/	pétochassent /pe.tɔ.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pétoche /pe.tɔʃ/	—	pétochons /pe.tɔ.ʃɔ̃/	pétochez /pe.tɔ.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).