retoucher

English

Etymology

From retouch +‎ -er.

Noun

retoucher (plural retouchers)

1. One who retouches

   I used to work as a photo retoucher.

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ toucher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.tu.ʃe/

• Audio:

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Verb

retoucher

1. (photography) to retouch
2. to touch up, to put the finishing touches on

Conjugation

Conjugation of retoucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	retoucher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	retouchant /ʁə.tu.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		retouché /ʁə.tu.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/	retouches /ʁə.tuʃ/	retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/	retouchons /ʁə.tu.ʃɔ̃/	retouchez /ʁə.tu.ʃe/	retouchent /ʁə.tuʃ/
	imperfect	retouchais /ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/	retouchais /ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/	retouchait /ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/	retouchions /ʁə.tu.ʃjɔ̃/	retouchiez /ʁə.tu.ʃje/	retouchaient /ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	retouchai /ʁə.tu.ʃe/	retouchas /ʁə.tu.ʃa/	retoucha /ʁə.tu.ʃa/	retouchâmes /ʁə.tu.ʃam/	retouchâtes /ʁə.tu.ʃat/	retouchèrent /ʁə.tu.ʃɛʁ/
	future	retoucherai /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁe/	retoucheras /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁa/	retouchera /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁa/	retoucherons /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɔ̃/	retoucherez /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁe/	retoucheront /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	retoucherais /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/	retoucherais /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/	retoucherait /ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/	retoucherions /ʁə.tu.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	retoucheriez /ʁə.tu.ʃə.ʁje/	retoucheraient /ʁə.tuʃ.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	retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/	retouches /ʁə.tuʃ/	retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/	retouchions /ʁə.tu.ʃjɔ̃/	retouchiez /ʁə.tu.ʃje/	retouchent /ʁə.tuʃ/
	imperfect2	retouchasse /ʁə.tu.ʃas/	retouchasses /ʁə.tu.ʃas/	retouchât /ʁə.tu.ʃa/	retouchassions /ʁə.tu.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	retouchassiez /ʁə.tu.ʃa.sje/	retouchassent /ʁə.tu.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	retouche /ʁə.tuʃ/	—	retouchons /ʁə.tu.ʃɔ̃/	retouchez /ʁə.tu.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

• retouchage
• retoucheur

Descendants

• → Albanian: retushoj
• → Danish: retouchere
• → Dutch: retoucheren
• → German: retuschieren
  • → Hungarian: retusál
• → English: retouch
• → Polish: retuszować

Further reading

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