tacher

See also: tâcher

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tachier, techier, from Vulgar Latin *tagicare, from Latin taxāre (“to feel, touch”). Doublet of taxer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ʃe/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: tâcher

Verb

tacher

1. to soil or stain
2. to tarnish one's reputation

Conjugation

Conjugation of tacher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tacher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tachant /ta.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		taché /ta.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tache /taʃ/	taches /taʃ/	tache /taʃ/	tachons /ta.ʃɔ̃/	tachez /ta.ʃe/	tachent /taʃ/
	imperfect	tachais /ta.ʃɛ/	tachais /ta.ʃɛ/	tachait /ta.ʃɛ/	tachions /ta.ʃjɔ̃/	tachiez /ta.ʃje/	tachaient /ta.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	tachai /ta.ʃe/	tachas /ta.ʃa/	tacha /ta.ʃa/	tachâmes /ta.ʃam/	tachâtes /ta.ʃat/	tachèrent /ta.ʃɛʁ/
	future	tacherai /taʃ.ʁe/	tacheras /taʃ.ʁa/	tachera /taʃ.ʁa/	tacherons /taʃ.ʁɔ̃/	tacherez /taʃ.ʁe/	tacheront /taʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tacherais /taʃ.ʁɛ/	tacherais /taʃ.ʁɛ/	tacherait /taʃ.ʁɛ/	tacherions /ta.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	tacheriez /ta.ʃə.ʁje/	tacheraient /taʃ.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	tache /taʃ/	taches /taʃ/	tache /taʃ/	tachions /ta.ʃjɔ̃/	tachiez /ta.ʃje/	tachent /taʃ/
	imperfect2	tachasse /ta.ʃas/	tachasses /ta.ʃas/	tachât /ta.ʃa/	tachassions /ta.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	tachassiez /ta.ʃa.sje/	tachassent /ta.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tache /taʃ/	—	tachons /ta.ʃɔ̃/	tachez /ta.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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• archet, charte, châtre, châtré

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French attacher (“to attach”).

Verb

tacher

1. (Saint-Domingue) to attach

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: tache

References

• S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île