trichier

Old French

Alternative forms

• tricher

Etymology

Probably Vulgar Latin *triccāre, from Late Latin trīcāre, from Latin trīcor, trīcārī (“behave in an evasive manner, search for detours; trifle, delay”), from trīcae. Compare Italian treccare, Old Occitan trichar, Catalan and Occitan trigar, Portuguese trigar. Alternatively possibly of ultimately Germanic origin; compare also English trick.

Verb

trichier

1. to cheat (break the rules)
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 60, line 284:

     M'amur vers li ne pois trichier

     I can't cheat the love I have for her

2. to trick; to fool; to deceive
   • c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:

     einz se painne de lui trichier

     one does everything one can to trick 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 trichier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		trichier			avoir trichié
gerund		en trichant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		trichant
past participle		trichié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	triche	triches	triche	trichons	trichiez	trichent
	imperfect	trichoie, tricheie, trichoe, trichieve	trichoies, tricheies, trichoes, trichieves	trichoit, tricheit, trichot, trichieve	trichiiens, trichiens	trichiiez, trichiez	trichoient, tricheient, trichoent, trichievent
	preterite	trichai	trichas	tricha	trichames	trichastes	trichierent
	future	tricherai	tricheras	trichera	tricherons	tricheroiz, trichereiz, tricherez	tricheront
	conditional	tricheroie, trichereie	tricheroies, trichereies	tricheroit, trichereit	tricheriiens, tricheriens	tricheriiez, tricheriez	tricheroient, trichereient
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	triche	triches	triche	trichons	trichiez	trichent
	imperfect	trichasse	trichasses	trichast	trichissons, trichissiens	trichissoiz, trichissez, trichissiez	trichassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	triche	—	trichons	trichiez	—

Derived terms

• tricheor

Descendants

• French: tricher