rucher

French

Etymology

From ruche (“beehive”) +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁy.ʃe/

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Noun

rucher m (plural ruchers)

1. apiary (a place where bees and hives are kept)

Verb

rucher

1. (agriculture) to pile up hay stacks in the form of a beehive
2. (sewing) to shirr or to pleat an item of clothing patterned after a beehive

Conjugation

Conjugation of rucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rucher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ruchant /ʁy.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ruché /ʁy.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ruche /ʁyʃ/	ruches /ʁyʃ/	ruche /ʁyʃ/	ruchons /ʁy.ʃɔ̃/	ruchez /ʁy.ʃe/	ruchent /ʁyʃ/
	imperfect	ruchais /ʁy.ʃɛ/	ruchais /ʁy.ʃɛ/	ruchait /ʁy.ʃɛ/	ruchions /ʁy.ʃjɔ̃/	ruchiez /ʁy.ʃje/	ruchaient /ʁy.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	ruchai /ʁy.ʃe/	ruchas /ʁy.ʃa/	rucha /ʁy.ʃa/	ruchâmes /ʁy.ʃam/	ruchâtes /ʁy.ʃat/	ruchèrent /ʁy.ʃɛʁ/
	future	rucherai /ʁyʃ.ʁe/	rucheras /ʁyʃ.ʁa/	ruchera /ʁyʃ.ʁa/	rucherons /ʁyʃ.ʁɔ̃/	rucherez /ʁyʃ.ʁe/	rucheront /ʁyʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rucherais /ʁyʃ.ʁɛ/	rucherais /ʁyʃ.ʁɛ/	rucherait /ʁyʃ.ʁɛ/	rucherions /ʁy.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	rucheriez /ʁy.ʃə.ʁje/	rucheraient /ʁyʃ.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	ruche /ʁyʃ/	ruches /ʁyʃ/	ruche /ʁyʃ/	ruchions /ʁy.ʃjɔ̃/	ruchiez /ʁy.ʃje/	ruchent /ʁyʃ/
	imperfect2	ruchasse /ʁy.ʃas/	ruchasses /ʁy.ʃas/	ruchât /ʁy.ʃa/	ruchassions /ʁy.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	ruchassiez /ʁy.ʃa.sje/	ruchassent /ʁy.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ruche /ʁyʃ/	—	ruchons /ʁy.ʃɔ̃/	ruchez /ʁy.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).

Further reading

• “rucher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "rucher"