percher

English

Etymology 1

From perch (“a kind of fish”).

Noun

percher (plural perchers)

  1. One who fishes for perch.

Etymology 2

From perch (verb).

Noun

percher (plural perchers)

  1. One that perches.
    • 1999, Milton W. Weller, Wetland Birds: Habitat Resources and Conservation Implications
      Ground roosters like Northern Harriers may be subject to predation by Great-horned Owls […] but still larger perchers like herons and Ospreys use snags or posts in conspicuous places but are large enough to escape aerial predators.

Etymology 3

From perch (“a device over which cloth is suspended for inspection”).

Noun

percher (plural perchers)

  1. (textiles) An inspector of cloth before finishing.

Etymology 4

From Middle English percher; equivalent to perch (“bar to support a candle”) +‎ -er.

Noun

percher (plural perchers)

  1. A large candle, especially on an altar

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.ʃe/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

percher

  1. to perch

Conjugation
Conjugation of percher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle perchant
/pɛʁ.ʃɑ̃/
past participle perché
/pɛʁ.ʃe/
infinitive
simple percher
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple perchant
/pɛʁ.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 perche
/pɛʁʃ/		 perches
/pɛʁʃ/		 perche
/pɛʁʃ/		 perchons
/pɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/		 perchez
/pɛʁ.ʃe/		 perchent
/pɛʁʃ/
imperfect perchais
/pɛʁ.ʃɛ/		 perchais
/pɛʁ.ʃɛ/		 perchait
/pɛʁ.ʃɛ/		 perchions
/pɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/		 perchiez
/pɛʁ.ʃje/		 perchaient
/pɛʁ.ʃɛ/
past historic2 perchai
/pɛʁ.ʃe/		 perchas
/pɛʁ.ʃa/		 percha
/pɛʁ.ʃa/		 perchâmes
/pɛʁ.ʃam/		 perchâtes
/pɛʁ.ʃat/		 perchèrent
/pɛʁ.ʃɛʁ/
future percherai
/pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/		 percheras
/pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/		 perchera
/pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/		 percherons
/pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/		 percherez
/pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/		 percheront
/pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional percherais
/pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/		 percherais
/pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/		 percherait
/pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/		 percherions
/pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 percheriez
/pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁje/		 percheraient
/pɛʁ.ʃə.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 perche
/pɛʁʃ/		 perches
/pɛʁʃ/		 perche
/pɛʁʃ/		 perchions
/pɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/		 perchiez
/pɛʁ.ʃje/		 perchent
/pɛʁʃ/
imperfect2 perchasse
/pɛʁ.ʃas/		 perchasses
/pɛʁ.ʃas/		 perchât
/pɛʁ.ʃa/		 perchassions
/pɛʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 perchassiez
/pɛʁ.ʃa.sje/		 perchassent
/pɛʁ.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — perche
/pɛʁʃ/		 — perchons
/pɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/		 perchez
/pɛʁ.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).

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From perche (“rod”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpərtʃər(ə)/

Noun

percher (plural perchers)

  1. A percher (kind of candle).

Descendants

References
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