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).

Derived terms

• à chier
• chier dans son froc
• en chier
• chiant
• chiasse
• chiée
• chierie
• chiotte
• chiure
• conchier
• envoyer chier
• faire chier
• se faire chier
• va chier

See also

• merde f

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• chéri, riche

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

Related terms

• chierté

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^[1], 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

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	chiers	chiere	chier
	oblique	chier			chiere	chier
plural	subject	chier	chieres		chier
	oblique	chiers			chieres	chier

Related terms

• chierté
• avoir chier

Descendants

• Middle French: chier
  • French: cher
• Norman: chiaer (Guernsey), chièr (Jersey)