retoucher

English

Etymology

retouch +‎ -er

Noun

retoucher (plural retouchers)

  1. One who retouches
    I used to work as a photo retoucher.

French

Verb

retoucher

  1. (photography) to retouch
  2. to touch up, to put the finishing touches on

Conjugation
Conjugation of retoucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle retouchant
/ʁə.tu.ʃɑ̃/
past participle retouché
/ʁə.tu.ʃe/
infinitive
simple retoucher
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple retouchant
/ʁə.tu.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 retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/		 retouches
/ʁə.tuʃ/		 retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/		 retouchons
/ʁə.tu.ʃɔ̃/		 retouchez
/ʁə.tu.ʃe/		 retouchent
/ʁə.tuʃ/
imperfect retouchais
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/		 retouchais
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/		 retouchait
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/		 retouchions
/ʁə.tu.ʃjɔ̃/		 retouchiez
/ʁə.tu.ʃje/		 retouchaient
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/
past historic2 retouchai
/ʁə.tu.ʃe/		 retouchas
/ʁə.tu.ʃa/		 retoucha
/ʁə.tu.ʃa/		 retouchâmes
/ʁə.tu.ʃam/		 retouchâtes
/ʁə.tu.ʃat/		 retouchèrent
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛʁ/
future retoucherai
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁe/		 retoucheras
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁa/		 retouchera
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁa/		 retoucherons
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 retoucherez
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁe/		 retoucheront
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional retoucherais
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/		 retoucherais
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/		 retoucherait
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/		 retoucherions
/ʁə.tu.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 retoucheriez
/ʁə.tu.ʃə.ʁje/		 retoucheraient
/ʁə.tuʃ.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 retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/		 retouches
/ʁə.tuʃ/		 retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/		 retouchions
/ʁə.tu.ʃjɔ̃/		 retouchiez
/ʁə.tu.ʃje/		 retouchent
/ʁə.tuʃ/
imperfect2 retouchasse
/ʁə.tu.ʃas/		 retouchasses
/ʁə.tu.ʃas/		 retouchât
/ʁə.tu.ʃa/		 retouchassions
/ʁə.tu.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 retouchassiez
/ʁə.tu.ʃa.sje/		 retouchassent
/ʁə.tu.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/		 — retouchons
/ʁə.tu.ʃɔ̃/		 retouchez
/ʁə.tu.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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