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Webster 1913 Edition
Marcher
March′er
,Noun.
One who marches.
March′er
,Noun.
[See 2d
March
.] The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.
Webster 1828 Edition
Marcher
M`ARCHER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
marcher
marcher
English
Noun
marcher (plural marchers)
- An inhabitant of a march (border country).
- A person who holds lands in such a region.
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Noun
marcher (plural marchers)
- One who marches; one who participates in a march.
Derived terms
- hunger marcher
- peace marcher
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *merg-, *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”). Cf. also marquer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maʁʃe/
Verb
marcher
- to walk
- Il marche au milieu de la rue. — He is walking in the middle of the street
- to travel; to move
- to work, to function
- Cet ordinateur ne marche pas. — This computer does not work.
- to believe
- Il marche. — He believes my joke.
- Il m'a fait marcher. — He made me believe his joke.
Conjugation
Conjugation of marcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | marcher | avoir marché | |||||
| gerund | en marchant | en ayant marché | |||||
| present participle | marchant /maʁ.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | marché /maʁ.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | marchai /maʁ.ʃe/ |
marchas /maʁ.ʃa/ |
marcha /maʁ.ʃa/ |
marchâmes /maʁ.ʃam/ |
marchâtes /maʁ.ʃat/ |
marchèrent /maʁ.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | marche /maʁʃ/ |
marches /maʁʃ/ |
marche /maʁʃ/ |
marchions /maʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
marchiez /maʁ.ʃje/ |
marchent /maʁʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
marchasse /maʁ.ʃas/ |
marchasses /maʁ.ʃas/ |
marchât /maʁ.ʃa/ |
marchassions /maʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
marchassiez /maʁ.ʃa.sje/ |
marchassent /maʁ.ʃas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | marche /maʁʃ/ |
— | marchons /maʁ.ʃɔ̃/ |
marchez /maʁ.ʃe/ |
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Synonyms
- (walk): aller
- (travel; move): se déplacer, se mouvoir
- (function): fonctionner
Related terms
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
marcher
- 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
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | marcher | avoir marché | |||||
| gerund | en marchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | marchant | ||||||
| past participle | marché | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | marche | — | marchons | marchez | — | ||