french – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of french

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to french
Participle: frenched
Gerund: frenching

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ifrench
youfrench
he;she;itfrenches
wefrench
youfrench
theyfrench

Perfect

Ihave frenched
youhave frenched
he;she;ithas frenched
wehave frenched
youhave frenched
theyhave frenched

Past

Ifrenched
youfrenched
he;she;itfrenched
wefrenched
youfrenched
theyfrenched

Pluperfect

Ihad frenched
youhad frenched
he;she;ithad frenched
wehad frenched
youhad frenched
theyhad frenched

Future

Iwill french
youwill french
he;she;itwill french
wewill french
youwill french
theywill french

Future Perfect

Iwill have frenched
youwill have frenched
he;she;itwill have frenched
wewill have frenched
youwill have frenched
theywill have frenched

Subjunctive

Present

Ifrench
youfrench
he;she;itfrench
wefrench
youfrench
theyfrench

Perfect

Ihave frenched
youhave frenched
he;she;ithave frenched
wehave frenched
youhave frenched
theyhave frenched

Imperfect

Ifrenched
youfrenched
he;she;itfrenched
wefrenched
youfrenched
theyfrenched

Pluperfect

Ihad frenched
youhad frenched
he;she;ithad frenched
wehad frenched
youhad frenched
theyhad frenched

Conditional

Present

Iwould french
youwould french
he;she;itwould french
wewould french
youwould french
theywould french

Perfect

Iwould have frenched
youwould have frenched
he;she;itwould have frenched
wewould have frenched
youwould have frenched
theywould have frenched

Imperative

youfrench
weLet's french
youfrench

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam frenching
youare frenching
he;she;itis frenching
weare frenching
youare frenching
theyare frenching

Perfect

Ihave been frenching
youhave been frenching
he;she;ithas been frenching
wehave been frenching
youhave been frenching
theyhave been frenching

Past

Iwas frenching
youwere frenching
he;she;itwas frenching
wewere frenching
youwere frenching
theywere frenching

Pluperfect

Ihad been frenching
youhad been frenching
he;she;ithad been frenching
wehad been frenching
youhad been frenching
theyhad been frenching

Future

Iwill be frenching
youwill be frenching
he;she;itwill be frenching
wewill be frenching
youwill be frenching
theywill be frenching

Future Perfect

Iwill have been frenching
youwill have been frenching
he;she;itwill have been frenching
wewill have been frenching
youwill have been frenching
theywill have been frenching

Conditional

Present

Iwould be frenching
youwould be frenching
he;she;itwould be frenching
wewould be frenching
youwould be frenching
theywould be frenching

Perfect

Iwould have been frenching
youwould have been frenching
he;she;itwould have been frenching
wewould have been frenching
youwould have been frenching
theywould have been frenching

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'french'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'french'

drench, flench, French, trench, wrench, areach, bench, blench, branch, breach,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English French, Frensch, Frensh, from Old English Frencisc (“of the Franks, Frankish, French”), from Franca (“a Frank”). Compare Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), akin to Old English franca (“javelin, spear”), from the use of such weapons by the Franks.

Sample Sentences

  • Tom frenched her full in the mouth. [1988, Wanda Coleman, A War of Eyes and other stories, page 151:]
  • We frenched by the wall. [2003, Susan Steinberg, The End of Free Love, page 81:]