marcher

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːtʃə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɚ/
  • Hyphenation: march‧er
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English marcher, marchere, marcheyre, marchier, marchowrys pl; equivalent to march (from Anglo-Norman and Old French; akin to Old English germearc, Gothic marka (“boundary”)) + -er (inhabitant suffix).[1][2]

Noun

marcher (plural marchers)

  1. (historical) An inhabitant of a march (border country); specifically, a marcher lord. [from 14th c.]
  2. (historical) A border territory, a march (now only in (attributive) use). [from 15th c.]
    • 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 42:
      Here is a scene of the marcher state of which they were margraves being turned into a duchy under Henry II Jasomirgott, who has made his capital at Vienna.
Derived terms
  • Earl Marcher
  • Lord Marcher
  • Lordship Marcher
  • marchership

Etymology 2

From march +‎ -er (agent noun suffix).

Noun

marcher (plural marchers)

  1. One who marches; one who participates in a march.
    • 2009 October 21, Dennis Hevesi, “Jack Nelson, Journalist, Dies at 80”, in The New York Times, retrieved 12 June 2014:
      Mr. Nelson covered the Selma-to-Montgomery freedom marches, including Bloody Sunday, on March 7, 1965, when 600 marchers were attacked with billy clubs and tear gas.
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “marcher”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  2. ^ “march”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

    Inherited from Middle French, from Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn, from Proto-Germanic *markōną. Cf. also marquer.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    marcher

    1. to walk
      Synonym: aller
      Il marche au milieu de la rue.
      He is walking in the middle of the street
    2. to travel; to move; to march
      Synonyms: avancer, déplacer, mouvoir
    3. (figurative) to work, to function
      Synonym: fonctionner
      Comment ça marche ? ― How does it work?
      Cet appareil ne marche plus. ― This device isn't working anymore.
    4. to step
      Marcher sur le pied de quelqu’un. ― To step on the foot of someone
    5. to cooperate
      Je ne marche plus. ― I am no longer in.
    6. (intransitive) to believe
      Il marche. ― He believes my joke.
      Il m'a fait marcher. ― He took me for a ride.

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of marcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
    infinitive simple marcher
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle or gerund1 simple marchant
    /maʁ.ʃɑ̃/
    compound ayant + past participle
    past participle marché
    /maʁ.ʃe/
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
    (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/
    past historic2 marchai
    /maʁ.ʃe/     		marchas
    /maʁ.ʃa/     		marcha
    /maʁ.ʃa/     		marchâmes
    /maʁ.ʃam/     		marchâtes
    /maʁ.ʃat/     		marchèrent
    /maʁ.ʃɛʁ/
    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/
    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/
    (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 marche
    /maʁʃ/     		marches
    /maʁʃ/     		marche
    /maʁʃ/     		marchions
    /maʁ.ʃjɔ̃/     		marchiez
    /maʁ.ʃje/     		marchent
    /maʁʃ/
    imperfect2 marchasse
    /maʁ.ʃas/     		marchasses
    /maʁ.ʃas/     		marchât
    /maʁ.ʃa/     		marchassions
    /maʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/     		marchassiez
    /maʁ.ʃa.sje/     		marchassent
    /maʁ.ʃas/
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — marche
    /maʁʃ/     		— marchons
    /maʁ.ʃɔ̃/     		marchez
    /maʁ.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).

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Catalan: marxar
    • → German: marschieren
    • → Italian: marciare
    • → Portuguese: marchar
    • → Spanish: marchar

    See also

    Further reading

    Anagrams

    Middle French

    Etymology

      Old French marchier.

      Verb

      marcher

      1. 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
      infinitive simple marcher
      compound avoir + past participle
      present participle1 or gerund2 simple marchant
      compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
      past participle marché
      singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle 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 present indicative of avoir + past participle
      pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
      past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
      future perfect future of avoir + past participle
      conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
      subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
      pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      simple — marche — marchons marchez —
      compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
      1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
      2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

      Descendants

      Romanian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from French marqueur.

      Noun

      marcher m (plural marcheri)

      1. marker, scorer

      Declension

      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative marcher marcherul marcheri marcherii
      genitive-dative marcher marcherului marcheri marcherilor
      vocative marcherule marcherilor
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