chier

See also: chièr

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chier, from Old French, inherited from Latin cacāre, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root *kakka-. Doublet of caguer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃje/, /ʃi.e/
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Verb

chier

  1. (vulgar) to shit, defecate

Conjugation
Conjugation of chier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chiant
/ʃjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chié
/ʃje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present chie
/ʃi/		 chies
/ʃi/		 chie
/ʃi/		 chions
/ʃjɔ̃/		 chiez
/ʃje/		 chient
/ʃi/
imperfect chiais
/ʃjɛ/		 chiais
/ʃjɛ/		 chiait
/ʃjɛ/		 chiions
/ʃi.jɔ̃/		 chiiez
/ʃi.je/		 chiaient
/ʃjɛ/
past historic2 chiai
/ʃje/		 chias
/ʃja/		 chia
/ʃja/		 chiâmes
/ʃjam/		 chiâtes
/ʃjat/		 chièrent
/ʃjɛʁ/
future chierai
/ʃi.ʁe/		 chieras
/ʃi.ʁa/		 chiera
/ʃi.ʁa/		 chierons
/ʃi.ʁɔ̃/		 chierez
/ʃi.ʁe/		 chieront
/ʃi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional chierais
/ʃi.ʁɛ/		 chierais
/ʃi.ʁɛ/		 chierait
/ʃi.ʁɛ/		 chierions
/ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/		 chieriez
/ʃi.ʁje/		 chieraient
/ʃi.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 chie
/ʃi/		 chies
/ʃi/		 chie
/ʃi/		 chiions
/ʃi.jɔ̃/		 chiiez
/ʃi.je/		 chient
/ʃi/
imperfect2 chiasse
/ʃjas/		 chiasses
/ʃjas/		 chiât
/ʃja/		 chiassions
/ʃja.sjɔ̃/		 chiassiez
/ʃja.sje/		 chiassent
/ʃjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chie
/ʃi/		 — chions
/ʃjɔ̃/		 chiez
/ʃje/		 —
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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Middle English

Noun

chier

  1. Alternative form of chayer

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chier.

Adjective

chier m (feminine singular chiere, masculine plural chiers, feminine plural chieres)

  1. important, noteworthy
  2. dear, dearest

Descendants
  • French: cher

References
  • chier on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin cārus.

Adjective

chier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chiere)

  1. important, noteworthy
  2. dear, dearest
    • 12th or 13th century, author unknown, Le Bouchier D'Abevile:
      A Abevile ot un bouchier,
      Que si voison orent molt chier.
      In Abbeville there was a butcher
      Held in high esteem by his neighbors.
  3. expensive; costly
    • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
      Itant out li Quens un present
      D'une cupe chiere d'argent
      At this moment he presented the Count
      With a valuable silver cup
    • 1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “Cist premiers livres parole de la naissance de toutes choses [This first book talks about the birth of all things]” (chapter 1), Livre I - Premiere partie, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini‎, Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 1:
      si come li sires qui vuet en petit leu amasser choses de grandisme vaillance […] por acroistre son pooir […] i met il les plus chieres choses et les plus precieux joiaus que il puet, selonc sa bone entencion, tout autressi est li cors de cest livre compilez de sapience
      Just like the lord, who wishes to accumulate very valuable things in a tiny place […] in order to increase his power, […] puts there—according to his good intention—the most valuable things and the most precious jewels he can, so the body of this book is filled with knowledge

Declension
Declension of chier
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject chiers chiere chier
Oblique chier chiere chier
Plural Subject chier chieres chier
Oblique chiers chieres chier

Descendants
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