touchier

English

Adjective

touchier

1. comparative form of touchy: more touchy

Anagrams

• couthier

Old French

Verb

touchier

1. Alternative form of tochier
   • c. 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:

     Qu'il me vit vers lui aprochier.
     Je ne soi s'il me vaut touchier[.]

     He saw me coming toward him.
     I did not know if it was worth touching him.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of touchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		touchier			avoir touchié
gerund		en touchant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		touchant
past participle		touchié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	touche	touches	touche	touchons	touchiez	touchent
	imperfect	touchoie, toucheie, touchoe, touchieve	touchoies, toucheies, touchoes, touchieves	touchoit, toucheit, touchot, touchieve	touchiiens, touchiens	touchiiez, touchiez	touchoient, toucheient, touchoent, touchievent
	preterite	touchai	touchas	toucha	touchames	touchastes	touchierent
	future	toucherai	toucheras	touchera	toucherons	toucheroiz, touchereiz, toucherez	toucheront
	conditional	toucheroie, touchereie	toucheroies, touchereies	toucheroit, touchereit	toucheriiens, toucheriens	toucheriiez, toucheriez	toucheroient, touchereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	touche	touches	touche	touchons	touchiez	touchent
	imperfect	touchasse	touchasses	touchast	touchissons, touchissiens	touchissoiz, touchissez, touchissiez	touchassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	touche	—	touchons	touchiez	—