ricocher
French
[edit]Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]ricocher
- to ricochet (to rebound)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ricocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ricocher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ricochant /ʁi.kɔ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ricoché /ʁi.kɔ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ricoche /ʁi.kɔʃ/ |
ricoches /ʁi.kɔʃ/ |
ricoche /ʁi.kɔʃ/ |
ricochons /ʁi.kɔ.ʃɔ̃/ |
ricochez /ʁi.kɔ.ʃe/ |
ricochent /ʁi.kɔʃ/ |
| imperfect | ricochais /ʁi.kɔ.ʃɛ/ |
ricochais /ʁi.kɔ.ʃɛ/ |
ricochait /ʁi.kɔ.ʃɛ/ |
ricochions /ʁi.kɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
ricochiez /ʁi.kɔ.ʃje/ |
ricochaient /ʁi.kɔ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ricochai /ʁi.kɔ.ʃe/ |
ricochas /ʁi.kɔ.ʃa/ |
ricocha /ʁi.kɔ.ʃa/ |
ricochâmes /ʁi.kɔ.ʃam/ |
ricochâtes /ʁi.kɔ.ʃat/ |
ricochèrent /ʁi.kɔ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | ricocherai /ʁi.kɔʃ.ʁe/ |
ricocheras /ʁi.kɔʃ.ʁa/ |
ricochera /ʁi.kɔʃ.ʁa/ |
ricocherons /ʁi.kɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
ricocherez /ʁi.kɔʃ.ʁe/ |
ricocheront /ʁi.kɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ricocherais /ʁi.kɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
ricocherais /ʁi.kɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
ricocherait /ʁi.kɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
ricocherions /ʁi.kɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ricocheriez /ʁi.kɔ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
ricocheraient /ʁi.kɔʃ.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 | ricoche /ʁi.kɔʃ/ |
ricoches /ʁi.kɔʃ/ |
ricoche /ʁi.kɔʃ/ |
ricochions /ʁi.kɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
ricochiez /ʁi.kɔ.ʃje/ |
ricochent /ʁi.kɔʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | ricochasse /ʁi.kɔ.ʃas/ |
ricochasses /ʁi.kɔ.ʃas/ |
ricochât /ʁi.kɔ.ʃa/ |
ricochassions /ʁi.kɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
ricochassiez /ʁi.kɔ.ʃa.sje/ |
ricochassent /ʁi.kɔ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ricoche /ʁi.kɔʃ/ |
— | ricochons /ʁi.kɔ.ʃɔ̃/ |
ricochez /ʁi.kɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
[edit]- “ricocher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.