rucher
French
Etymology
From ruche (“beehive”) + -ier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁy.ʃe/
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Noun
rucher m (plural ruchers)
- apiary (a place where bees and hives are kept)
Verb
rucher
- (agriculture) to pile up hay stacks in the form of a beehive
- (sewing) to shirr or to pleat an item of clothing patterned after a beehive
Conjugation
Conjugation of rucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rucher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ruchant /ʁy.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ruché /ʁy.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ruche /ʁyʃ/ |
ruches /ʁyʃ/ |
ruche /ʁyʃ/ |
ruchons /ʁy.ʃɔ̃/ |
ruchez /ʁy.ʃe/ |
ruchent /ʁyʃ/ |
| imperfect | ruchais /ʁy.ʃɛ/ |
ruchais /ʁy.ʃɛ/ |
ruchait /ʁy.ʃɛ/ |
ruchions /ʁy.ʃjɔ̃/ |
ruchiez /ʁy.ʃje/ |
ruchaient /ʁy.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ruchai /ʁy.ʃe/ |
ruchas /ʁy.ʃa/ |
rucha /ʁy.ʃa/ |
ruchâmes /ʁy.ʃam/ |
ruchâtes /ʁy.ʃat/ |
ruchèrent /ʁy.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | rucherai /ʁyʃ.ʁe/ |
rucheras /ʁyʃ.ʁa/ |
ruchera /ʁyʃ.ʁa/ |
rucherons /ʁyʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
rucherez /ʁyʃ.ʁe/ |
rucheront /ʁyʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rucherais /ʁyʃ.ʁɛ/ |
rucherais /ʁyʃ.ʁɛ/ |
rucherait /ʁyʃ.ʁɛ/ |
rucherions /ʁy.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rucheriez /ʁy.ʃə.ʁje/ |
rucheraient /ʁyʃ.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 | ruche /ʁyʃ/ |
ruches /ʁyʃ/ |
ruche /ʁyʃ/ |
ruchions /ʁy.ʃjɔ̃/ |
ruchiez /ʁy.ʃje/ |
ruchent /ʁyʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | ruchasse /ʁy.ʃas/ |
ruchasses /ʁy.ʃas/ |
ruchât /ʁy.ʃa/ |
ruchassions /ʁy.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
ruchassiez /ʁy.ʃa.sje/ |
ruchassent /ʁy.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ruche /ʁyʃ/ |
— | ruchons /ʁy.ʃɔ̃/ |
ruchez /ʁy.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “rucher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
- Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "rucher"