bûcher

See also: bucher, Bucher, and Bücher

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /byʃe/

Etymology 1

From bûche.

Noun

bûcher m (plural bûchers)

  1. pyre
  2. (in the plural) the flames of Hell

Etymology 2

From bûche +‎ -er

Verb

bûcher

  1. to hew
  2. (informal) to slug away, to hit the books
Conjugation
Conjugation of bûcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle bûchant
/by.ʃɑ̃/
past participle bûché
/by.ʃe/
infinitive
simple bûcher
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple bûchant
/by.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bûche
/byʃ/		 bûches
/byʃ/		 bûche
/byʃ/		 bûchons
/by.ʃɔ̃/		 bûchez
/by.ʃe/		 bûchent
/byʃ/
imperfect bûchais
/by.ʃɛ/		 bûchais
/by.ʃɛ/		 bûchait
/by.ʃɛ/		 bûchions
/by.ʃjɔ̃/		 bûchiez
/by.ʃje/		 bûchaient
/by.ʃɛ/
past historic2 bûchai
/by.ʃe/		 bûchas
/by.ʃa/		 bûcha
/by.ʃa/		 bûchâmes
/by.ʃam/		 bûchâtes
/by.ʃat/		 bûchèrent
/by.ʃɛʁ/
future bûcherai
/byʃ.ʁe/		 bûcheras
/byʃ.ʁa/		 bûchera
/byʃ.ʁa/		 bûcherons
/byʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 bûcherez
/byʃ.ʁe/		 bûcheront
/byʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bûcherais
/byʃ.ʁɛ/		 bûcherais
/byʃ.ʁɛ/		 bûcherait
/byʃ.ʁɛ/		 bûcherions
/by.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 bûcheriez
/by.ʃə.ʁje/		 bûcheraient
/byʃ.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 bûche
/byʃ/		 bûches
/byʃ/		 bûche
/byʃ/		 bûchions
/by.ʃjɔ̃/		 bûchiez
/by.ʃje/		 bûchent
/byʃ/
imperfect2 bûchasse
/by.ʃas/		 bûchasses
/by.ʃas/		 bûchât
/by.ʃa/		 bûchassions
/by.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 bûchassiez
/by.ʃa.sje/		 bûchassent
/by.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bûche
/byʃ/		 — bûchons
/by.ʃɔ̃/		 bûchez
/by.ʃe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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