charier

English

Adjective

charier

1. comparative form of chary: more chary

Anagrams

• car hire, hire car

French

Etymology

chariot +‎ -er. Cognate to English carry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.ʁje/

Verb

charier

1. To carry in a wagon.
2. (by extension) To carry.
3. (Quebec, by extension) To exaggerate.

   Synonym: exagérer

Conjugation

Conjugation of charier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	charier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	chariant /ʃa.ʁjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		charié /ʃa.ʁje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	charie /ʃa.ʁi/	charies /ʃa.ʁi/	charie /ʃa.ʁi/	charions /ʃa.ʁjɔ̃/	chariez /ʃa.ʁje/	charient /ʃa.ʁi/
	imperfect	chariais /ʃa.ʁjɛ/	chariais /ʃa.ʁjɛ/	chariait /ʃa.ʁjɛ/	chariions /ʃa.ʁi.jɔ̃/	chariiez /ʃa.ʁi.je/	chariaient /ʃa.ʁjɛ/
	past historic2	chariai /ʃa.ʁje/	charias /ʃa.ʁja/	charia /ʃa.ʁja/	chariâmes /ʃa.ʁjam/	chariâtes /ʃa.ʁjat/	charièrent /ʃa.ʁjɛʁ/
	future	charierai /ʃa.ʁi.ʁe/	charieras /ʃa.ʁi.ʁa/	chariera /ʃa.ʁi.ʁa/	charierons /ʃa.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/	charierez /ʃa.ʁi.ʁe/	charieront /ʃa.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	charierais /ʃa.ʁi.ʁɛ/	charierais /ʃa.ʁi.ʁɛ/	charierait /ʃa.ʁi.ʁɛ/	charierions /ʃa.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	charieriez /ʃa.ʁi.ʁje/	charieraient /ʃa.ʁi.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	charie /ʃa.ʁi/	charies /ʃa.ʁi/	charie /ʃa.ʁi/	chariions /ʃa.ʁi.jɔ̃/	chariiez /ʃa.ʁi.je/	charient /ʃa.ʁi/
	imperfect2	chariasse /ʃa.ʁjas/	chariasses /ʃa.ʁjas/	chariât /ʃa.ʁja/	chariassions /ʃa.ʁja.sjɔ̃/	chariassiez /ʃa.ʁja.sje/	chariassent /ʃa.ʁjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	charie /ʃa.ʁi/	—	charions /ʃa.ʁjɔ̃/	chariez /ʃa.ʁje/	—
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).