marcher

marcher

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːtʃə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɚ/
  • Hyphenation: march‧er
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English marcher, marchere, marcheyre, marchier, marchowrys pl; equivalent to march (from Anglo-Norman and Old French; akin to Old English germearc, Gothic marka (“boundary”)) + -er (inhabitant suffix).[1][2]

Noun

marcher (plural marchers)

  1. (historical) An inhabitant of a march (border country); specifically, a marcher lord. [from 14th c.]
  2. (historical) A border territory, a march (now only in (attributive) use). [from 15th c.]
    • 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 42:
      Here is a scene of the marcher state of which they were margraves being turned into a duchy under Henry II Jasomirgott, who has made his capital at Vienna.
Derived terms
  • Earl Marcher
  • Lord Marcher
  • Lordship Marcher
  • marchership

Etymology 2

Etymology tree
English march
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English marcher

    From march + -er (agent noun suffix).

    Noun

    marcher (plural marchers)

    1. One who marches; one who participates in a march.
      • 2009 October 21, Dennis Hevesi, “Jack Nelson, Journalist, Dies at 80”, in The New York Times, retrieved 12 June 2014:
        Mr. Nelson covered the Selma-to-Montgomery freedom marches, including Bloody Sunday, on March 7, 1965, when 600 marchers were attacked with billy clubs and tear gas.
    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ “marcher”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
    2. ^ “march”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

    Anagrams

    French

    Etymology

      Inherited from Middle French, from Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn, from Proto-Germanic *markōną. Compare also marquer.

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      marcher

      1. to walk
        Synonym: aller
        Il marche au milieu de la rue.
        He is walking in the middle of the street
      2. to travel; to move; to march
        Synonyms: avancer, déplacer, mouvoir
      3. (figurative) to work, to function
        Synonym: fonctionner
        Comment ça marche ? ― How does it work?
        Cet appareil ne marche plus. ― This device isn't working anymore.
      4. to step
        Marcher sur le pied de quelqu’un. ― To step on the foot of someone
      5. to cooperate
        Je ne marche plus. ― I am no longer in.
      6. (intransitive) to believe
        Il marche. ― He believes my joke.
        Il m'a fait marcher. ― He took me for a ride.

      Conjugation

      Conjugation of marcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      infinitive simple marcher
      compound avoir + past participle
      present participle or gerund1 simple marchant
      /maʁ.ʃɑ̃/
      compound ayant + past participle
      past participle marché
      /maʁ.ʃe/
      singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
      (simple
      tenses)             		present marche
      /maʁʃ/       		marches
      /maʁʃ/       		marche
      /maʁʃ/       		marchons
      /maʁ.ʃɔ̃/       		marchez
      /maʁ.ʃe/       		marchent
      /maʁʃ/
      imperfect marchais
      /maʁ.ʃɛ/       		marchais
      /maʁ.ʃɛ/       		marchait
      /maʁ.ʃɛ/       		marchions
      /maʁ.ʃjɔ̃/       		marchiez
      /maʁ.ʃje/       		marchaient
      /maʁ.ʃɛ/
      past historic2 marchai
      /maʁ.ʃe/       		marchas
      /maʁ.ʃa/       		marcha
      /maʁ.ʃa/       		marchâmes
      /maʁ.ʃam/       		marchâtes
      /maʁ.ʃat/       		marchèrent
      /maʁ.ʃɛʁ/
      future marcherai
      /maʁ.ʃə.ʁe/       		marcheras
      /maʁ.ʃə.ʁa/       		marchera
      /maʁ.ʃə.ʁa/       		marcherons
      /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/       		marcherez
      /maʁ.ʃə.ʁe/       		marcheront
      /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
      conditional marcherais
      /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/       		marcherais
      /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/       		marcherait
      /maʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/       		marcherions
      /maʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/       		marcheriez
      /maʁ.ʃə.ʁje/       		marcheraient
      /maʁ.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 marche
      /maʁʃ/       		marches
      /maʁʃ/       		marche
      /maʁʃ/       		marchions
      /maʁ.ʃjɔ̃/       		marchiez
      /maʁ.ʃje/       		marchent
      /maʁʃ/
      imperfect2 marchasse
      /maʁ.ʃas/       		marchasses
      /maʁ.ʃas/       		marchât
      /maʁ.ʃa/       		marchassions
      /maʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/       		marchassiez
      /maʁ.ʃa.sje/       		marchassent
      /maʁ.ʃas/
      (compound
      tenses)             		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
      pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      simple — marche
      /maʁʃ/       		— marchons
      /maʁ.ʃɔ̃/       		marchez
      /maʁ.ʃe/       		—
      compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
      1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
      2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
      past historic → present perfect
      past anterior → pluperfect
      imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
      pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

      (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      • → Catalan: marxar
      • → German: marschieren
      • Haitian Creole: mache
      • → Italian: marciare
      • → Portuguese: marchar
      • → Spanish: marchar

      See also

      Further reading

      Anagrams

      Middle French

      Etymology

        Old French marchier.

        Verb

        marcher

        1. to walk (travel on foot)

        Conjugation

        • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
        Conjugation of marcher
        infinitive simple marcher
        compound avoir + past participle
        present participle1 or gerund2 simple marchant
        compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
        past participle marché
        singular plural
        first second third first second third
        indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
        (simple
        tenses)                 		present marche marches marche marchons marchez marchent
        imperfect marchois, marchoys marchois, marchoys marchoit, marchoyt marchions, marchyons marchiez, marchyez marchoient, marchoyent
        past historic marcha marchas marcha marchasmes marchastes marcherent
        future marcherai, marcheray marcheras marchera marcherons marcherez marcheront
        conditional marcherois, marcheroys marcherois, marcheroys marcheroit, marcheroyt marcherions, marcheryons marcheriez, marcheryez marcheroient, marcheroyent
        (compound
        tenses)                 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
        pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
        past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
        future perfect future of avoir + past participle
        conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
        subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
        (simple
        tenses)                 		present marche marches marche marchons marchez marchent
        imperfect marchasse marchasses marchast marchassions marchassiez marchassent
        (compound
        tenses)                 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
        pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
        imperative – tu – nous vous –
        simple — marche — marchons marchez —
        compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
        1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
        2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

        Descendants

        Romanian

        Etymology

        Borrowed from French marqueur.

        Noun

        marcher m (plural marcheri)

        1. marker, scorer

        Declension

        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative marcher marcherul marcheri marcherii
        genitive-dative marcher marcherului marcheri marcherilor
        vocative marcherule marcherilor
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