percher

English

Etymology 1

From perch (“a kind of fish”).

Noun

percher (plural perchers)

1. One who fishes for perch.

Etymology 2

From perch (verb).

Noun

percher (plural perchers)

1. One that perches.
2. A bird that is perching or that regularly perches.
   • 1999, Milton W. Weller, Wetland Birds: Habitat Resources and Conservation Implications:

     Ground roosters like Northern Harriers may be subject to predation by Great-horned Owls […] but still larger perchers like herons and Ospreys use snags or posts in conspicuous places but are large enough to escape aerial predators.

3. Any of various tropical and temperate dragonflies of the genus Diplacodes.

Derived terms

• chalky percher
• pygmy percher
• red percher
• scarlet percher
• wandering percher

Etymology 3

From perch (“a device over which cloth is suspended for inspection”).

Noun

percher (plural perchers)

1. (textiles) An inspector of cloth before finishing.

Etymology 4

From Middle English percher; equivalent to perch (“bar to support a candle”) +‎ -er.

Noun

percher (plural perchers)

1. A large candle, especially on an altar

Anagrams

• reperch

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.ʃe/

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Verb

percher

1. to perch
2. (cinematography, sound engineering) to boom, operate a boom

Conjugation

Conjugation of percher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	percher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	perchant /pɛʁ.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		perché /pɛʁ.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	perche /pɛʁʃ/	perches /pɛʁʃ/	perche /pɛʁʃ/	perchons /pɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/	perchez /pɛʁ.ʃe/	perchent /pɛʁʃ/
	imperfect	perchais /pɛʁ.ʃɛ/	perchais /pɛʁ.ʃɛ/	perchait /pɛʁ.ʃɛ/	perchions /pɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/	perchiez /pɛʁ.ʃje/	perchaient /pɛʁ.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	perchai /pɛʁ.ʃe/	perchas /pɛʁ.ʃa/	percha /pɛʁ.ʃa/	perchâmes /pɛʁ.ʃam/	perchâtes /pɛʁ.ʃat/	perchèrent /pɛʁ.ʃɛʁ/
	future	percherai /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/	percheras /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/	perchera /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/	percherons /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/	percherez /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/	percheront /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	percherais /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/	percherais /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/	percherait /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/	percherions /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	percheriez /pɛʁ.ʃə.ʁje/	percheraient /pɛʁ.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	perche /pɛʁʃ/	perches /pɛʁʃ/	perche /pɛʁʃ/	perchions /pɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/	perchiez /pɛʁ.ʃje/	perchent /pɛʁʃ/
	imperfect2	perchasse /pɛʁ.ʃas/	perchasses /pɛʁ.ʃas/	perchât /pɛʁ.ʃa/	perchassions /pɛʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	perchassiez /pɛʁ.ʃa.sje/	perchassent /pɛʁ.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	perche /pɛʁʃ/	—	perchons /pɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/	perchez /pɛʁ.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

• chat perché
• perchage

Related terms

• perche

Further reading

• “percher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• prêcher

Middle English

Alternative forms

• perchere, perchor, perchour, pierchier

Etymology

From perche (“rod”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrt͡ʃər/

Noun

percher (plural perchers)

1. A percher (kind of candle).

Descendants

• English: percher

References

• “percher, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 August 2018.