entacher

French

Etymology

en- +‎ tache +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ta.ʃe/
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Verb

entacher

  1. to taint
  2. (figuratively) to blemish; to besmirch; to mar
    Un scrutin entaché d'irrégularités
    A poll marred by irregularities
  3. (figuratively) to stain/harm someone's reputation
    Il est temps qu'il cesse d'entacher la réputation du Canada.
    It is time he stopped flushing Canada's reputation down the toilet.

Conjugation
Conjugation of entacher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple entacher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple entachant
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle entaché
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present entache
/ɑ̃.taʃ/		 entaches
/ɑ̃.taʃ/		 entache
/ɑ̃.taʃ/		 entachons
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃɔ̃/		 entachez
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃe/		 entachent
/ɑ̃.taʃ/
imperfect entachais
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃɛ/		 entachais
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃɛ/		 entachait
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃɛ/		 entachions
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃjɔ̃/		 entachiez
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃje/		 entachaient
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃɛ/
past historic2 entachai
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃe/		 entachas
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃa/		 entacha
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃa/		 entachâmes
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃam/		 entachâtes
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃat/		 entachèrent
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃɛʁ/
future entacherai
/ɑ̃.taʃ.ʁe/		 entacheras
/ɑ̃.taʃ.ʁa/		 entachera
/ɑ̃.taʃ.ʁa/		 entacherons
/ɑ̃.taʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 entacherez
/ɑ̃.taʃ.ʁe/		 entacheront
/ɑ̃.taʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional entacherais
/ɑ̃.taʃ.ʁɛ/		 entacherais
/ɑ̃.taʃ.ʁɛ/		 entacherait
/ɑ̃.taʃ.ʁɛ/		 entacherions
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 entacheriez
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃə.ʁje/		 entacheraient
/ɑ̃.taʃ.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 entache
/ɑ̃.taʃ/		 entaches
/ɑ̃.taʃ/		 entache
/ɑ̃.taʃ/		 entachions
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃjɔ̃/		 entachiez
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃje/		 entachent
/ɑ̃.taʃ/
imperfect2 entachasse
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃas/		 entachasses
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃas/		 entachât
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃa/		 entachassions
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 entachassiez
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃa.sje/		 entachassent
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — entache
/ɑ̃.taʃ/		 — entachons
/ɑ̃.ta.ʃɔ̃/		 entachez
/ɑ̃.ta.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).

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