étancher

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French estanchier, of uncertain origin: possibly from a Vulgar Latin *stānticāre < *stānticus < Latin stāntem. Compare Italian stanco, stancare, Spanish estancar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.tɑ̃.ʃe/
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Verb

étancher

  1. (transitive) to make watertight, to stop water from flowing
  2. (transitive) to quench (thirst)
    A la fontaine je m’abreuve, j’étanche ma soif.
    From the fountain I drink, I quench my thirst.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to satiate, to quench, to assuage

Conjugation
Conjugation of étancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple étancher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple étanchant
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle étanché
/e.tɑ̃.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present étanche
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/		 étanches
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/		 étanche
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/		 étanchons
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/		 étanchez
/e.tɑ̃.ʃe/		 étanchent
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/
imperfect étanchais
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɛ/		 étanchais
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɛ/		 étanchait
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɛ/		 étanchions
/e.tɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/		 étanchiez
/e.tɑ̃.ʃje/		 étanchaient
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɛ/
past historic2 étanchai
/e.tɑ̃.ʃe/		 étanchas
/e.tɑ̃.ʃa/		 étancha
/e.tɑ̃.ʃa/		 étanchâmes
/e.tɑ̃.ʃam/		 étanchâtes
/e.tɑ̃.ʃat/		 étanchèrent
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/
future étancherai
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/		 étancheras
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/		 étanchera
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/		 étancherons
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 étancherez
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/		 étancheront
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional étancherais
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/		 étancherais
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/		 étancherait
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/		 étancherions
/e.tɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 étancheriez
/e.tɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/		 étancheraient
/e.tɑ̃ʃ.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 étanche
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/		 étanches
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/		 étanche
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/		 étanchions
/e.tɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/		 étanchiez
/e.tɑ̃.ʃje/		 étanchent
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/
imperfect2 étanchasse
/e.tɑ̃.ʃas/		 étanchasses
/e.tɑ̃.ʃas/		 étanchât
/e.tɑ̃.ʃa/		 étanchassions
/e.tɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 étanchassiez
/e.tɑ̃.ʃa.sje/		 étanchassent
/e.tɑ̃.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — étanche
/e.tɑ̃ʃ/		 — étanchons
/e.tɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/		 étanchez
/e.tɑ̃.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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